I would probably focus on evidence; why you need evidence to locate hypotheses, conservation of expected evidence, absence of evidence as evidence of absence](http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/. Add in the ability to make beliefs pay rent and what makes a real explanation, and how to avoid treating science as a piece of attire or genre, and you’ll have covered some of the primary bases people tend to use to signal rather than apply intelligence.
I would probably focus on evidence; why you need evidence to locate hypotheses, conservation of expected evidence, absence of evidence as evidence of absence](http://lesswrong.com/lw/ih/absence_of_evidence_is_evidence_of_absence/. Add in the ability to make beliefs pay rent and what makes a real explanation, and how to avoid treating science as a piece of attire or genre, and you’ll have covered some of the primary bases people tend to use to signal rather than apply intelligence.