I've had people tell me things were impossible because they "Aren't in our list of known unknowns" or they violate some principle for vague reasons they don't understand... then a month later an article shows up saying "We proved that thing Sera said was totally possible"

Scientism is such cringe

Critical thinking courses would indeed be very great to have.

Mere factual knowledge transfer is not effective in forming mature and responsible minds if critical thinking is not a focus of education as well.

Sadly I find people who most proudly preach the wonders of Critical Thinking, are the ones least capable of it.