Studies show unlearning false information taught in school is far harder than only learning correct facts from scratch. This is known as the „continued influence effect“ where misinformation persists even after correction (Lewandowsky et al., 2012).
And here something to think about: a 2020 review found that 30-50% of adults retain debunked historical or scientific claims from childhood education. That is ok, if it wasn’t set up like this on purpose. I know some might say that also the stuff they teach in school is evolving and being corrected from time to time – yet we see how the average school did not even adapt to the information by scientists from 50 years ago about how kids learn best.
The problem with learning propagandized information is, that this is shaping your behavior, health choices, and so on. And this is not about „did the holocaust happen“ this is running much much much depper. What is a human being? What are we here for? Can we shape our reality? And so on. When foundational beliefs are wrong, the mental load of constant cognitive dissonance quietly fucks up the rest of your lifetime.
It’s not only „un-learning“ the millions of details nobody needs, but it is „re-learning“ who we are!
This is why: unschooling, homeschooling and worldschooling 🙌
https://blossom.primal.net/8ee979215992d701c50fc7c96cfb572e5dfba996465ade0c49d693316176c35e.mp4