[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

RicardoStarkey at aol.com RicardoStarkey at aol.com
Sat Sep 26 15:03:49 PDT 2009


In a message dated 9/26/2009 12:16:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, billbartlett at aapt.net.au writes:

"I certainly hope you aren't suggesting that the young be indoctrinated with anti-religious notions. That is a cure that is as bad as the disease. Indocrination is the problem, not the solution."

This conversation reminded me of an apropos quote that I decided to look up. Here it is:

"Scholasticism, doctrinairism and dogmatism have always been shackles on any genuine addition to knowledge. They lead to stagnation of thought, and put a solid wall around science, keeping it away from life and inhibiting its development. Truth is not acquired by declarations and instructions, but is born in scientific discussion and debate, and is verified in action."

Mikhail Gorbachev, ~1985



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