[andyfox]

"Again, I feel that the human race would greatly benefit from greater emphasis being placed on the teaching of tools for rational thinking--especially logic and statistics--and that this process should begin at a very early age."

Very similar to Sklansky here. I'm paraphrasing, but I think he said his father taught him that if he could get the math, he could do anything. He certainly gets the math and does quite a bit; a pretty good example of what you're talking about, I think.