The opportunity to study scientific method should be 

 opened to all, since it is essential for the best possible 

 rate of progress of humanity that the basic method of 

 scientific thought be within the economic reach of every 

 individual who could master it. Furthermore, the free and 

 open teaching of scientific method to anyone wishing to 

 understand the basis for world progress, will make it 

 impossible for people to unjustly criticize scientific govern- 

 ment. Every individual can convince himself or herself 

 of the correctness of scientific method, and any who have 

 not studied it will not be in a position to criticize it, since 

 their lack of knowledge of science will mean a lack of 

 factual support for their criticism. The percentage of new 

 university graduates trained in scientific method is in- 

 creasing steadily today. 



Along with the wide teaching of science must go de- 

 termined efforts to demonstrate the comparative ineffective- 

 ness of the other (unreasoned) methods of solving prob- 

 lems; in particular the falseness of all forms of superstitious 

 practices must be clearly shown. This latter task should 

 be straightforward enough if scientists offer their reasoned 

 approach to problems in comparison with the primitive 

 superstitious ones. 



The general aim of education in the future must be the 

 encouragement of intelligent thought in all people, with 

 emphasis on the necessity to require factual proof of the 

 correctness of statements made by others, and to provide 

 such proof for one's own statements. That is, education 

 should be directed towards showing that each individual 

 is capable of using his own reasoning mind to solve his 

 basic problems in life, and that no man or woman is com- 

 pelled to accept any belief held by others unless he or she 

 satisfies him or herself of the validity of such belief by 



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