Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.- GRE Issue 67
The speaker contends that students should be skeptical in their studies, and should not accept passively whatever they are taught. In my view, although undue skepticism might be counterproductive for a young child's education, I strongly agree with the speaker otherwise. Ifwe were all to accept on blind faith all that we are taught, our society would never progress or evolve.
Skepticism is perhaps most important in the physical sciences. Passive acceptance of prevailing principles quells innovation, invention, and discovery. In fact, the very notion of scientific progress is predicated on ...
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