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There is a sort of precritical thinking where many ideas seem right intuitively until exploring the reasons behind them reveals otherwise - even in the mundane. For example, it seems right that bats are flying rats and owls are flying cats; or that 'w' should be pronounced 'double-v' and 'm' should be pronounced 'double-n'. But biology, taxonomy, and historical linguistics might disagree. This is perhaps the purpose of education.
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