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Counterpoint: Critical thinking and empathy are important, and a lot of people don't have much / aren't very good at it
yeah and how do you measure how much they have exactly?
do you ask them what they do if they find a tortoise lying on its back in the hot dessert?
You want me to give you some objective "measure" like "inches" about most people's critical thinking skills? If you really want a thorough analysis I'm sure you could delve into the social sciences, philosophy, humanities ... history, sociology, psychology, anthropology etc., but that may not please you if you want it purely quantified.
so basically they have to have a liberal arts degree? that's your measure of what critical thinking is? everyone has to do four years of coursework in the humanities?