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The alternative is having a fact based discussion of the causes and effects. "It may simple be that a facile understanding of the world is perfectly acceptable
by fsloth 8y ago
The alternative is having a fact based discussion of the causes and effects.
"It may simple be that a facile understanding of the world is perfectly acceptable for most topics."
I agree, for most practical things it's sufficient to register a thing has happened without deeply understanding the causal premises leading to the event, nor the implications.
- rusk 8y agoThat's all well and good, until people actually start interpreting the facile interpretation as fact. Newspapers often present their interpretation as definitive. Then people go and make serious decisions based on this or start campaigning or policy-makers take it as informative about what's going on in the world. On the one hand as a reader we need to be more sceptical, but on the other, a bit more humility is needed from these news sources.