(December 24, 2013 at 3:31 pm)pocaracas Wrote: hmmm... Isn't that the definition of "indoctrination"?
I wasn't sufficiently clear.
No, what I was getting at is that indoctrination is being specifically taught that something is true, and I think a lot of American patriotism is just people doing what everyone else is doing and trying not to be that guy.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
