Bertrand Russell in a speech in 1922 asked why IRRATIONAL CERTAINTY is so common. He says largely because of three factors.
1. Education. Instead of public education being used to teach children healthy learning attitudes, they are used for the opposite, to indoctrinate
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1. Education. Instead of public education being used to teach children healthy learning attitudes, they are used for the opposite, to indoctrinate
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children with dogma, often patently false, even known to be false by the officials imposing the education.
2. Propaganda. After being taught to read but not weigh evidence and form original opinions, children become adults who are then subjected to dubious or
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2. Propaganda. After being taught to read but not weigh evidence and form original opinions, children become adults who are then subjected to dubious or
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obviously false claims for the rest of their lives.
3. Economic pressure. The State and political class will use its control of finances and economy to impose its ideas, by restricting the choices of those who disagree.
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Russell's analysis is STILL TRUE A CENTURY LATER
3. Economic pressure. The State and political class will use its control of finances and economy to impose its ideas, by restricting the choices of those who disagree.
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Russell's analysis is STILL TRUE A CENTURY LATER
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