Th!nk requires some thought
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Were to LeGault to rewrite his book, then my advice would be to take some of his own medicine; that is th!nk critically, about some of the oversimplifications that are made and explore some of the contrary evidence more fully.
Although I agree with the primary argument of LeGault, that America and certain westernised, societies are living a dumbed down existence in which the socialist ideal of intellectual equality has reduced everything to the lowest common denominator. His rank generalisations about subjectivity as apposed to objectivity suggest he has not been true to his own words and applied his own methodology in critically considering all his statements. His blanket criticisms are more reminiscent of popular journalism rather than the intellectual aspirations he has.
Despite the use of references to support his arguments, the contrary arguments were glossed over with scant or total disregard, I became sullied by LeGaults own opinion on all the usual suspects, feminism, television, politicians, replayed over and over.
LeGault expressly confirms the book's clear American bias, though as a European one has the feeling that our time has past and that only the US can now lead us out of this malaise.
Yes we have a problem, but this small town conservative style approach to opine on the common enemy will not succeed in convincing anyone with any good critical reasoning skills that critical reasoning alone is the solution.
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