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People are asking who believes this and I can tell you: my college students. Every semester I talk about researching and when I ask them how they can tell if a
by jccalhoun 5y ago
People are asking who believes this and I can tell you: my college students. Every semester I talk about researching and when I ask them how they can tell if a web site is credible at least one will say if it is a .org or .edu.
Then I show them http://www.dhmo.org/ http://www.dhmo.org/ and a .edu hosted anti-science web site from a religious university to prove it isn't true. Then on the test they still say you can tell if a site is credible because it is a .org or .edu...
- the_only_law 5y ago> .edu hosted anti-science web site from a religious university to prove it isn't true. Got the link to this one, I’m curious on the specific topics they argue against and if I know the university.
- jccalhoun 5y agoThe one I use is basically trying to prove their religious text is correct even though science says that animals mentioned in the religious book were not native to that area.
- zqfm 5y agoI'm in my 30s and finally going to college and can confirm that many of my fellow students (most in their teens or early 20s) believe that .org domains are credible. I've pointed out that anyone can buy one for $10 so hopefully some have taken that to heart, but I wonder where are they getting this from?