The phraseology “raise them X” suggests to me inculcating deep, emotional, childhood-locked belief in X. The only X for which that seems supportable is rationality itself.
There’s no way you can teach a child any particular definition of rationality that’s true enough to be locked in that way.
Hell, there’s no way you can teach an adult that.
You could teach them to respect the truth… but no matter what you teach them, sooner or later it’s going to fail them, and the best you can do is try to deliver that warning.
The phraseology “raise them X” suggests to me inculcating deep, emotional, childhood-locked belief in X. The only X for which that seems supportable is rationality itself.
There’s no way you can teach a child any particular definition of rationality that’s true enough to be locked in that way.
Hell, there’s no way you can teach an adult that.
You could teach them to respect the truth… but no matter what you teach them, sooner or later it’s going to fail them, and the best you can do is try to deliver that warning.