It is ansolutely astounding how ignorant most people are about simple world history, philisophy, mathematics and economics

and yet some people are self-learners, they do things like go to the library and read or take lessons or learn new skills.

correct.

@lacsar: What class in high school teaches reasoning? You tend to need a logic course for that.

@lacsar: In the US at least, education is done as badly as possible, and things like logic and critical thinking are not taught.

@lacsar: Hopefully going to college early helped.