The problem is that there are so few places where critical thinking is actually taught. I don't remember anyone ever teaching it to me. Neither my parents nor my school. And don't even get me started on the church. Even in my college philosophy classes we were merely learning abut what oher people thought, and not how to apply logic and avoid fallacies. I had to look up and learn all this stuff by my own initiative. I am 30 now and most of my life I had no idea how to think. And I barely know anybody who can.