The correlation between understanding the scientific method and education is a false premise.
Critical thinking emerges as a function of necessity for most people.
I have "met" more brilliant people here on GAW than I did in pursuit of my BS, MS, or Phd. Some managed to preserve their intelligence on their path to a degree, others developed their critical thinking skills using other methods.
A commitment to truth facilitates logical thinking. A commitment to truth derives from (in most cases) a strong moral compass. Unfortunately, both have been disappearing from college campuses for 4 or 5 decades.
The correlation between understanding the scientific method and education is a false premise.
Critical thinking emerges as a function of necessity for most people.
I have "met" more brilliant people here on GAW than I did in pursuit of my BS, MS, or Phd. Some managed to preserve their intelligence on their path to a degree, others developed their critical thinking skills using other methods.
A commitment to truth facilitates logical thinking. A commitment to truth derives from (in most cases) a strong moral compass. Unfortunately, both have been disappearing from college campuses for 4 or 5 decades.