The disease of education | Butterflies and Wheels

Why do we so readily accept in our society the claim that blind religious faith is a virtue, and the lack of faith as a defect?…

Surely in no other area of human activity do we place such great value on accepting claims without seeking to establish their veracity. One of the purposes of education is to teach young people how to question pre-conceived notions and to base conclusions on evidence in order to more capable of performing in their jobs and in their role as citizens.

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