343. Timothy Redmond — Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It
The Michael Shermer Show
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How to Teach Critical Thinking in Schools
A lot of people form these identities pretty early on and then sort of have these issue positions. If you're growing up in a conservative church that is pro-life you know you're going to be a republican so which kind of comes first it's hard to tease out sometimes but there are many Americans who aren't ideological about the issues they care about. I think three things have to happen one we need to teach critical thinking in schools uh and i i but that is not a panacea um i i do it i have a critical thinking class that i teach and the kids love it but there's another great study that was done on the death penalty but lord ross and leper
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