Education for independent thinking
peace.
The Rabbi’s method regarding “not to turn” is well known, which is that the commandment is not to hear arguments. I accept it and agree with it.
My question is, you see, it’s difficult for most people to accept complex positions.
I personally received a lot from you and the arrangement of complexity helped me because I was complicated. But when I talk to people around me, it is difficult for most of them to understand philosophical complexity and when they get into it, most of them either reject it, and some of the advanced ones understand that everything has two sides and remain skeptical. (Look at what is happening on the street. The ability to make honest arguments is decreasing.)
The question is in education, practically it is not worth bringing values in the form of fundamentalism. And create the feeling of the herd that at least the lack of thinking will be in a way that is mostly true and the observance of commandments by virtue of simple and true faith and a little lack of choice (which I believe in at least in large part) than bringing complexity. I have no reason to say that my children will be outside the statistics and will also be able to contain complexity.
In short, is less education for independent thinking and more faith in what they said and in tradition more beneficial and correct?
Thank you very much.
I can accept such an approach regarding a specific child or teenager who we estimate will not really think. But every person thinks, and no matter what their level, needs to formulate a position for themselves. And certainly as a general policy there is no justification for this. The smart and serious should not pay a price because of the others.
Do you think it is appropriate for the majority of the public to suffer harm so that a minority of wise people can benefit?
Absolutely. The public that doesn't think harms itself. There's no reason to hurt me for the lazy.
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