What strikes me is that these people sound like children. Whether they're 22 years old or 60 - when they speak, they sound like they think they know everything they need to know, and that there's just no way they could be trying to argue their point from a false premise.
The two Goober Squadlings in that report can't believe they won't get their way just because they think they're right and everybody else is wrong and, "Gee, Dad - it's just not fair - all the other kids did it".
And not to give ya too much of a whiplash, but we need to put some real schooling back into schools. We need to teach kids about critical thinking, so they don't grow up to become easy marks for any random jagoff who can fool 'em into believing whatever he tells 'em in order to serve his own lust for power.
I'm not trying to set myself up as a paragon. I've bought into all kinds of shit that ends up looking pretty stoopid in retrospect. I owned a pair of Earth Shoes for fuck's sake - but c'mon, guys - at least I haven't let anybody convince me Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 is the only thing in the US Constitution that matters.
Skepticism is our friend, kids.
Apply the same principles to everything anybody says about their "deeper understanding".
The arrogance that seems always to grow from deliberate ignorance can get your dumb ass killed.
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