“Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.”— Arthur Schopenhauer Introduction: Education vs. Natural Learning Arthur Schopenhauer, one of the great … Continue reading The 5 Monkeys Experiment: A Living Illustration of Schopenhauer’s Critique on Education