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Originally Posted by arcsine
I view the parroting of bat-****-crazy theories as a symptom of the de-centralized new and information channels. Up until 15 years ago, you received 'knowledge' from school, parents, clergy and libraries. Each of which had motivation to keep you on a generally centric path. With 'knowledge' now gleaned from the web, it takes a modicum of internal dialog to read something and ask 'Does that make sense?'. There is no longer the check/balance of those other information channels in place and it is quite difficult, often time intentionally, to measure the quality of the information you are reading. As long as you read it on the web and the website looks professional it must be true. So begins the fall into bat-****-crazy rabbit holes and regurgitation of Bill Gates is controlling our lives theories.
I am more worried about my daughter and how she will navigate this new knowledge base more than just about everything else. Mostly as it effects every part of modern life and the decisions we make.
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Problem is, even the places you trust are playing games.
The trick is instead of trying to put out fires for others, to teach how to parse information.
Because of lawsuits, clever wording is used to lie without getting sued. Look for how things are phrased.
Critical thinking is largely absent in education, a greater focus is spent on what to think.
Get out in life, and....