RE: What is your Opinion on Having Required Classes in Logic in Schools?
July 26, 2015 at 10:05 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2015 at 10:20 pm by Jenny A.)
(July 26, 2015 at 9:46 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(July 26, 2015 at 3:13 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Absolutely. Maybe not in elementary but anytime after (if they can handle science they can handle logic/reason/......). Have to be an elective, some want to go through life being told what to believe (ignorance is bliss). If an elective the religious can opt out.(emphasis is mine)
They teach science in elementary school.
Sort of. They teach science knowledge in elementary school, not method or at least that's been my experience. There's a vast difference in thinking between learning to identify plants, or describe an ecosystem compared with learning how science is done.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.