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I think our educational system went down hill around the time that scientism began to be actively promoted and used to take an anti-religious stance via organizations like CSICOP. I think the rise in ignorance is partly caused by those two.
First "Scientism", (which I take is the notion the "Science" can answer all questions)- has been actively promoted for well over a century. In fact its heyday was probably the late 19th century, when optimism was running rampant.
As for your comment on CSICOP, how a organization like CSICOP which from what I gather would like there to be a lot more scientific education is in anyway responsible for ignorance of Science is beyond me.
But then lets not let the facts get in the way of a good polemic.
Pierre