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[–] vapordays@leminal.space 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: Critical thinking and empathy are important, and a lot of people don't have much / aren't very good at it

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

yeah and how do you measure how much they have exactly?

do you ask them what they do if they find a tortoise lying on its back in the hot dessert?

[–] vapordays@leminal.space 1 points 6 hours ago

You want me to give you some objective "measure" like "inches" about most people's critical thinking skills? If you really want a thorough analysis I'm sure you could delve into the social sciences, philosophy, humanities ... history, sociology, psychology, anthropology etc., but that may not please you if you want it purely quantified.