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Originally Posted by bojan
Yes...
But what to do to neutralise them now when it is already too late for many?
The proper education (when it is on time - primary and secondary schools) should be the normal way to ensure the critical mass of scientific way of thinking.. but this implies involvement of government (or, better, some independent body.. we can't assume the government of the day will always have the same philosophy about those things).
And no private initiative whatsoever (charity-like or whatever) will ever succeed in this task - this is the open door to corruption and all sorts of vested interests.
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Agreed... and herein lies the rub. Educators are being marginalized.
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One of my biggest concerns is the simple fact that we, as a society, feel it is ok to underpay the people who educate our children, who will eventually be future leaders (scientist, educators, politicians, everyday working man etc...) of this world.
I will never understand why we spend thousands on our kids for Computers, Consoles, "designer this" ... "designer that" and then complain when the people who educate our children want more pay because they have to get second jobs in order to make ends meet... the extra minimal cost to society will reap back a dividend several fold over being passive and doing nothing.
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Guiding children to think for themselves in a logical fashion and question the world around them allows us to neutralize the problem before it starts...
Get them early and the world opens up... get them late and you have the blind being lead by the blind.
OIC!
<BTW: I am not an educator, nor is anyone in my family. I dated one once... but let's not get into that 
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