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[–] Confusion 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

All our lives, we are assaulted by information, far more than we can totally comprehend. If we were to truly critically analysis every piece of knowledge we read, learn and see, we would be driven insane. There are limitations on the human brain, and parroting the opinions of others is a "shortcut" we all learn to get by through daily life. Rather than calculate every thought, we just copy the pre-calculated thoughts of others, and store them away for later.

This isn't to be shamed, it is a fundamental flaw of our biology that can't be helped. What is, is people who VOICE these parroted thoughts. We can't help absorb bias knowledge from the media, especially on subject we know nothing about, so we sort it for later, but sadly people are lazy, so when they bring up this knowledge from storage they don't use critical thought, they just repeat it. They should be asking where they learned it, how and why, and if they can't be bothered to do this, just be quiet, but sadly people just want to speak their opinion, even on things they know nothing about. Could be many factors for this, but I believe people aren't properly taught to do this. Schools teach to parrot knowledge, critical thought is taught in college, and really only in STEM. Most people never get the training.