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After a week of far-right rioting fuelled by online misinformation, the British government is to change the school curriculum so English schoolchildren are taught critical thinking skills to tackle it (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The thing I always think about when someone says misinformation is who decides. The ministry of truth?

[–] small44@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Critical thinking means that you have the right tools to decide yourself if something is misinformation or not

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So u do see the issue with this headline

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

I see that you could do with this type of education.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Use your words, mate – what exactly do you think is wrong with teaching critical thinking skills? Do you understand that they're not going to just "say something is misinformation" but teach kids to be able to evaluate whether something is likely going to be bullshit or not, among other skills?

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I thibk they absolutly should be teaching critical thinking that is the point of education isnt it? Do you not see the issue of saying xyz happened due to misinformation (theg are saying sonthing is misinformation) therefore we should teach critical thinking (allowing individuals to detect misinformation themselves). You canot dictate that somthing is misinformation while advocating for people to decide what is misinformation themselves.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Can you elaborate?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

No, it's the Ministry of Silly Walks, of course!