'Schools teach knowing, not thinking—and AI teaches neither': a logical thinking course's opening slide
annetgriffin · x · 2026-11-11
Evan Lapointe shares the opening slide of his Logical Thinking course: most schools and jobs teach people to know, not to think.
The slide cites IQ data showing the worldwide Flynn effect rising over the past century while Norwegian IQs reversed and declined since the 1970s—the world making people "smarter in the worst possible way." He adds that AI today teaches people to do neither.
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