And the way we're taught to learn is as receivers of information, non-thinkers.

我们受教的学习方式是作为信息的接收者，而非思考者。

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Instead, Rich and his fellow non-thinkers all suffer from the hubris that it is always a lack of government revenue that is at the root of all societal ills.

FORBES: Frank Rich Mishandles the Money

But the hearts-and-minds policy was mired in Whitehall disputes and at one point lost many of the key thinkers - Muslim and non-Muslim - who had been recruited to run it.

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