It's a 10 week course. I believe we're on week 6. I did speak up in class a few times, and have emailed him a few times. He seems like a decent guy... But, he has, what seems to me like an odd idea of how to tell if something is true or false. It seems to be less about evidence, rationality and critical thinking, and more about what his trusted friends and trusted podcasts are telling him and what he feels about a thing.

What I see is this mentality: I know that X is a trusted source... and if I think a source is trusted, then I don't question it. But, some sources can't be trusted, and I just deny what I hear from those sources.

He told a story the other day about a topic, and used as his source of authority for said topic, something a friend told him. I emailed him and asked him "what if I told you I have a trusted friend w/ more info than your friend and more authority, and what he told me contradicts what your friend told you?"