Putting Critical Thinking Back Into Education w/Will Reusch

Peter Boghossian and Will Reusch discuss critical thinking's pivotal role in fostering curiosity, challenging assumptions, and promoting intellectual humility. They explore educational methods like Socratic questioning and practical experiments, emphasizing openness to new ideas and rational discourse as essential for personal growth and societal progress.

Will Reusch is an educator and mentor with a mission to promote viewpoint diversity & critical thinking in high school education.

Will's website: https://williamreusch.com/

Will’s debate with CRT activists:
https://youtu.be/dHuDEaH4XfE?si=EH7sBeRjIgpAAwFU

Chapters
0:00 Intro to Will
06:00 Modeling curiosity and humility as an educator
09:41 Martial arts training
14:12 Psychedelics
18:54 Developing openness to new ideas
30:06 Questioning and adjusting life's guiding principles
41:52 Shifts in conservatism
46:43 Echo chambers / viewpoint diversity
57:42 Evolving perspectives on intelligence
01:07:50 PatterDox
01:11:29 Peter's challenges at PSU
01:23:14 Alternative educational approaches

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Podcast: "Conversations with Peter Boghossian": https://pod.link/1650150225
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Resignation Letter | https://peterboghossian.com/my-resignation-letter

⸺BOOKS⸺
“How To Have Impossible Conversations” | https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285323/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_7DPKY2S21SSNAV8PCBW3_0
“A Manual For Creating Atheists” | https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian/dp/1939578094/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1664805100&sr=1-2

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