Zuby nails it.
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There are ways of correcting this behavior amicably.
The problem with most "educated" people nowadays is that they are rote-learners and rote-thinkers. That is, they memorize a collection of factoids and simple "If
AthenB" syllogistic rules, instead of being able to derive and reason about concepts. The tragic fact is that for the most part, they are completely unaware of the fact that they don't actually understand a subject.It's like only knowing that if you push down the gas pedal, it will make the car go faster. And from that singular knowledge deluding yourself that you understand how engines work. A better and more encompassing analogy is Searl's Chinese Room, which involves a man getting messages in Chinese, following a complex set of rules depending on the characters received so that he himself can respond with an appropriate set of characters. All the while, the man doesn't actually understand a single word of Chinese and has no idea what the original message or his response to it actually mean.
So how can you remediate your daughter's behavior? Use the Socratic method. Have a genuine interest in her position and explore it with her, while asking her to explain or justify that position from an epistemological standpoint. That is, try to find out how is it that she knows what she knows. If she is stumped, can't answer, or gets angry (a common reaction when someone is put in that position), don't pressure her. Just let it go and be nice about it.
It should suffice that she gets confronted with the fact that she doesn't truly understand what she's talking about on a semi-regular basis. With time, the difference between rote-thinking (doxa) and actual understanding (episteme) should start to dawn on her.
Its the problem with doctors too. They get your labs and just do what ever internet medical protocol that pops up.
No critical thinking, just a trained monkies job.
I have 160 some odd college credits starting g at 33 yo. No degree I only took stuff I wanted to learn. The degree required I take all their politically correct courses that drained your money and hurt your education more than helped it.
I loath academia, those who can do and those who can't pretend to teach.
......this is how I know I am in the right place.
Thanks - I live in hope.
Well said!
This is also a method of introspection we should use ourselves, to keep ourselves honest and ensure our research is following truth and not just what we want to believe.
Most of us who make it here are genuinely objective, else we’d still be mindlessly repeating the narratives of the media and big tech.
But it’s also easy to let the comfort of being with like-minded people goad us into skipping key details in our own minds that might challenge the theories we find easiest to absorb.
Some of the greatest advice remains “if you want to learn something better, try teaching it to someone”, because it will force you to confront gaps in your knowledge.
Super post, LXA.
I have a good, longtime friend who has a PhD and is a pilot with many ratings. He owns a twin engine plane he's flown over the North Pole. One day I asked him if his plane's engines were turbines or piston engines. He was confused and it was because he didn't know the difference between the two types of engines. He didn't know what type of engines he was flying.
He's very intelligent. He was a tenured professor at a major university. He's also vaxed all the way up.
To anyone who doubts that the vaccine industry ;now over 150 years old ; is completely evil and demented , you have to read this
https://phoreveryoung.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/the-worst-cover-up-in-the-history-of-the-world-vaccinations-are-monkey-business/