Which is good, but the problem is a sort of balkanization that leads people to think that mode of thinking only applies in the realm of science - particularly chemistry, biology, physics, the categories that kids are actually taught. What's needed more than anything is a broader "how to think clearly" education that hammers home things like "correlation does not imply causation", what tautologies, false dilemmas and circular reasoning are.
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