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"The burden of research has always been on your shoulders, you just didn't realize it until now" Bravo. I just wanted to add, critical thinking is also requir
by ahartman00 10y ago
"The burden of research has always been on your shoulders, you just didn't realize it until now"
Bravo. I just wanted to add, critical thinking is also required(and always has been) I see articles that present a bunch of research, and then make claims that the research doesnt support. Ive even seen articles summarizing one paper, where the article completely gets it wrong. Recognizing the narrative/bias is important.
Unfortunately, this is hard. Even more so with the variety of sources. Lately I have been trying to follow individual publications and authors to better recognize their bias/narrative. Of course now I am missing out on other viewpoints :(
"And it's just not true. It may never have been true"
Hence the corrections section I remember in newspapers. What if they didnt want to print a certain correction???
- hga 10y agoOne strong suggestion, don't fall prey to the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gel...). Once you realize a source is sufficiently wrong, completely remove it from your list of "normal" sources. Maybe follow other's links to it, maybe check it out for Their slant on things. But never, ever, trust it again, even to the limited degree of trust we're talking about. Search for those you can trust, those who don't cut corners or lie, and treasure them.
- gglitch 10y agoThis suggests, however, that every report from a given organization is equally inaccurate.
- hga 10y agoThat's pretty much the whole point, or at least that you have to assume that any other report from the organization could be equally inaccurate. Or worse. Or better; what it says is that their editorial process is fatally flawed.