You miss the point entirely. This is not about teaching kids "not to be little shits." It's not even about allowing alternative views.
I was fortunate enough to attend an experimental junior high-school. What they taught us that I see all to infrequently today is _Critical Thought_. Your views are your own, but think them through and be able to back them up. If you follow the argument deeply enough you'll always run into fundamental axioms adhered to by faith. But please be able to follow a logical argument from axiom to opinion.
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Can we extend this to getting results from a quantum computer we haven't even built? Answers from the void?
You miss the point entirely. This is not about teaching kids "not to be little shits." It's not even about allowing alternative views.
I was fortunate enough to attend an experimental junior high-school. What they taught us that I see all to infrequently today is _Critical Thought_. Your views are your own, but think them through and be able to back them up. If you follow the argument deeply enough you'll always run into fundamental axioms adhered to by faith. But please be able to follow a logical argument from axiom to opinion.