Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
no we won't have to become any stronger then we have in the past... we just need to teach everyone to fight for what they believe in and listen to their own minds and hearts, rather then what other people tell them to believe... i mean the past few decades, it's very evident there are some free thinkers, but no where near as many as their should be.. the rest are obviously listening to what 'people in power' are telling them to listen to.. some, i will give credit to, actually believe what they're hearing... but most.. i think it's more out of fear.. and a society that is run by fear... is no society at all.. it's another dictatorship
You make an excellent point. I think too many people are too easily swayed by logical fallacies. Sometimes students would rather I just tell them what something "means" rather than go to the effort to figure it out! So maybe laziness is part of it too.