There is no longer any excuse

Here’s an old thread of mine on the subject that you might enjoy.

That’s what I said. The AI fed you material based on what you read/viewed, not on your existing beliefs. That’s how a whole bunch of folks were fed QAnon propaganda before they ever heard of it.

Well, you’re talking to a teacher. Every lesson plan I ever constructed was expected to reflect higher-order thinking skills: synthesis, analysis, reason, application, and evaluation. The skills are taught from elementary school onward, but not all absorb the lessons. A lot of where the problem arrives is that youth ministers and Sunday school teachers don’t know a whit about education theory or practice. They teach pat answers that many never question.

Right. It’s called confirmation bias. No one comes to social media a “blank slate.” The habit that most people lack is reading opposing views, as you note.

In America, the house is already a charred cinder.