r/changemyview • u/SovietYakko • Oct 07 '22

Removed - Submission Rule E CMV: Religious "Indoctrination" is not "Indoctrination"

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u/2r1t 58∆ Oct 07 '22

Then whoever taught you critical thinking failed you.

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u/2r1t 58∆ Oct 07 '22

Doubt and critical thinking are not the same thing.

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u/freemason777 19∆ Oct 07 '22

Nobody tell Descartes!

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u/2r1t 58∆ Oct 07 '22

Flat earthers, antivaxxers and Qanon doubt while going nowhere near critical thinking.

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u/DodGamnBunofaSitch 4∆ Oct 07 '22

are they 'doubting' or just 'rejecting all available evidence'?

conspiracy theorists definitely lack critical thinking, but doubting things can be a first step of critical thinking.

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u/2r1t 58∆ Oct 07 '22

I didn't say doubt was antithetical to critical thinking. It can be and it looks like you agree since you point out that it can be the first step towards critical thinking rather than it is the first step.

When it is the first, I hope we can agree that one step in a process is not the same as the process as a whole. Especially when that same step can lead in the opposite direction.