Hi Guys,

  I am currently writing a philosophy book and I came to the conclusion that the majority of the worlds problems can be solved through education, an example of these problems are crime, corruption & religion. I feel that these problems arise because people aren't educated enough to realize the impact of their actions on society and of course if something impacts society than it impacts you as well. They haven't been taught to think critically about things and they are discouraged (and many times punished) if they question anything about what they are told, they are taught to be like robots, to accept what they are told and to do what everyone else is doing, as a solution I feel that philosophy should be taught in secondary schools as a mandatory class and be stressed to the same caliber that math & science are stressed, also I feel that scientific information should not be repressed in schools, Evolution should be the final unit in ninth grade biology classes and the Big Bang in eleventh grade physics classes. The stupid questions that theists rhetorically ask like "If we came from chimpanzees, why are there still chimpanzees?" can be traced back to a lack of education in those subjects, and other questions that people rhetorically ask such as "If there is no God, then how & why can you be moral?" can be traced back to an absence of a philosophical education. If there were philosophy classes in public schools such as Michael Sandel's philosophy class at Harvard (view it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6) than I believe that much of the worlds problems would be solved because our world would be filled with critically thinking, educated citizens. Any thoughts or debate?

- Bo

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