Dreamwidth Sceptics

I am hoping that this community will become active again. To make that hope a reality I thought I would post a little poll of sorts to spark what I hope will be an interesting discussion.

What do you think is the most important step to take to combat pseudoscience, or woo if you prefer, in your home country?



In my opinion, as a citizen of America, the answer is in critical thinking and science education. I do not remember learning much about critical thinking until I was in late high school or college. I think that this is something that we can and should change. There is no reason why you cannot teach critical thinking in elementary schools. The most basic aspects of critical thinking are understandable at almost any age. When it comes to science education I think there simply needs to be more of the scientific method in science. We should not teach students to memorize facts but rather teach them what science is and how it is done, when it is done right. If we educate more children with these ideas we might see an improvement. I think that if young people were given these skills they would not grow up to be people who search for bigfoot or spend money on homeopathy or other such wastes.