Recently, Linus Torvalds had to confront a conspiracy theorist on the Linux kernel mailing list. It seems the rise in popularity of conspiracy theories coincides with the decline of critical thinking. No longer is critical thinking taught in school. It's no longer seen as a necessary skill or even a desirable skill. REFERENCED: ► https://resources.saylor.org/wwwresources/archived/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BIO101-lab-1-4th.pdf - A Field Guide To Critical Thinking WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=derek%40distrotube%2ecom&lc=US&item_name=DistroTube&no_note=0¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHostedGuest 🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube DONATE CRYPTO: 💰 Bitcoin: 1Mp6ebz5bNcjNFW7XWHVht36SkiLoxPKoX 🐶 Dogecoin: D5fpRD1JRoBFPDXSBocRTp8W9uKzfwLFAu 📕 LBC: bMfA2c3zmcLxPCpyPcrykLvMhZ7A5mQuhJ SOCIAL PLATFORMS: 🗨️ Mastodon: https://distrotoot.com/@derek 👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/ 📽️ LBRY/Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@DistroTube:2 DT ON THE WEB: 🕸️ Website: http://distrotube.com/ 🐿️ Gemini Capsule: gemini://distro.tube 📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1 FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I USE: 🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/dis872 📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/ 🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org/ 🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/ 🎵 Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/ 💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/ 🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!