Teaching critical thinking! What a great idea... but, isn't that what a Liberal Arts University degree supposed to do?

Do you think that critical thinking is something that can be taught? I'm skeptical. And I grow increasingly skeptical with every first year B.A. student that I meet.

Though I do think that there are many more critical thinkers around now than there have ever been before... and the environment to nurture critical thought is enhanced by these global technologies... but I'm starting to think that the kind of information overload and corporate, government and special interest manipulation of the tools will breed more cynicism and disenfranchisement than critical thought on the nature of our social conditioning.

Thanks for that spark :)