The urgent need for critical thinking to be taught in schools
In the journal ‘Standpoint’ (22.05.20), Andrew Doyle argues that ‘Schooling underpinned by critical thinking is the bedrock of civilisation. It could save us from infantilised discourse’. Doyle sees some truth in the observation that our ‘political discourse’ is ‘degraded’, but makes the more general point that ‘we are dealing with mass infantilism’. In such a […]
The lack of (and urgent need for) critical thinking in public decision-making
In the ‘Sunday Times’ of 5 July, Matthew Syed explains how poor governmental decision-making is. This is not just the case over the coronavirus crisis, but in general. He argues that ‘the litany of stupendous overspends on infrastructure projects…have become so common…that we scarcely notice them even more.’ He quotes Professor Rumeldt (‘a leading thinker […]