Rejected petition Improve education for all to promote evidence-based, rational, critical thinking

The British public are suffering a lack of critical thinking skills amid anti-vaccine misinformation and the proliferation of unscientific 5G conspiracies. We should be better equipped to subject information to critical analysis and discern fact from fiction whether it be in science or politics.

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As we have seen during the pandemic, the proliferation of misinformation and ignorance of scientific fact costs lives. We call upon the government to better equip the public for their own safety.

One of the best ways to combat this has to be through state education, for schoolchildren and adults. An emphasis on rationality, sceptical inquiry, and analysis of evidence should be a cornerstone of academic endeavour. And this needs practical application to the world around us.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you're concerned about conspiracy theories and misinformation, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the UK Government or Parliament to do.

You could start a new petition asking the UK Government to fund a public information campaign to improve public understanding of science, if that's what you'd like to happen.

You might also like to sign and share this petition instead: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314445

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Date submitted 30 April 2020
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