Conspiracy Theories in School, Preserving History, JWST Restrictions | Overtime Q&A 10
Should they teach conspiracy theories in schools? How can we preserve history? How restricted is JWST because of its sunshield? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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Critical thinking for oneself: Yes Labeling ideas "conspiracy theories": No All beliefs should be held on a percentage scale, investigated to the extent they personally matter, and while "expert opinions" should provide a boost, they are not allegiances. There are so many ideas once disbelieved in scientific thought which proved true, because people were courageous enough to investigate them, and the same honestly goes for recent political/media narratives.
A billion years from now alien archaeologists are excavating on the moon. A student cries out "I've found another data crystal!" the professor replies "Now if we only knew how to read them".