Putting Critical Thinking Back Into Education w/ Will Reusch

Peter Boghossian

Peter Boghossian and Will Reusch discuss critical thinking's pivotal role in fostering curiosity, challenging assumptions, and promoting intellectual humility. They explore educational methods like Socratic questioning and practical experiments, emphasizing openness to new ideas and rational discourse as essential for personal growth and societal progress. Will Reusch is an educator and mentor with a mission to promote viewpoint diversity & critical thinking in high school education. Will's website: https://williamreusch.com/ Will’s debate with CRT activists: https://youtu.be/dHuDEaH4XfE?si=EH7sBeRjIgpAAwFU Chapters 0:00 Intro to Will 06:00 Modeling curiosity and humility as an educator 09:41 Martial arts training 14:12 Psychedelics 18:54 Developing openness to new ideas 30:06 Questioning and adjusting life's guiding principles 41:52 Shifts in conservatism 46:43 Echo chambers / viewpoint diversity 57:42 Evolving perspectives on intelligence 01:07:50 PatterDox 01:11:29 Peter's challenges at PSU 01:23:14 Alternative educational approaches ⸺SUPPORT MY WORK⸺ Newsletter | https://boghossian.substack.com/ Donate | https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/donate/ ⸺LINKS⸺ Podcast: "Conversations with Peter Boghossian": https://pod.link/1650150225 Website | https://peterboghossian.com/ National Progress Alliance | https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/ Resignation Letter | https://peterboghossian.com/my-resignation-letter ⸺BOOKS⸺ “How To Have Impossible Conversations” | https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285323/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_7DPKY2S21SSNAV8PCBW3_0 “A Manual For Creating Atheists” | https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian/dp/1939578094/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1664805100&sr=1-2 ⸺SOCIAL MEDIA⸺ Twitter | https://twitter.com/peterboghossian Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/peter.boghossian/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@peterboghossian All Socials | https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian __________ #criticalthinking #education #k12schools #peterboghossian https://youtu.be/ro26OAU8OUM