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Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools (www.pleasantonweekly.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools::undefined

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really? Seems like something they'd run with, as long as they got to pick the curricula and decide what the reputable sources are. You could continue to galvanize a base into believing they now DO have critical thinking skills.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's a tough one, because there is (at least as of this moment) still such a thing as objective truth. Obviously if they're just teaching propaganda then yeah it's bullshit. But if a person is actually given the tools to help them find that objective truth, they will use those tools themselves, and evaluate a source themselves.

    A course like this isn't (or shouldn't be at least), "these are the right facts, these are the wrong facts," it's about teaching a person how to determine that for themselves. And once they do that, you lose control.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh absolutely, I just think there's a difference between an implemented "Critical Thinking" course and an ideal one. But it's easy for people to call both the same thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's why we need to do everything we can to make sure children in this country learn it, even if that means putting it into a movie about Barbie. Frankly, I couldn't care less about claims of indoctrination. On the contrary, this is an attempt to de-indoctrinate these kids and give them the tools to do it to themselves and their peers.

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