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I mean, you could just watch it and form your own opinion instead of letting the ministry of truth do it for you. I watch documentaries that are obviously biase

I mean, you could just watch it and form your own opinion instead of letting the ministry of truth do it for you. I watch documentaries that are obviously biased and that I disagree with to challenge myself and to give me an opportunity to evaluate their claims. This is the open minded approach.

Kye 4y ago
The sheer volume of bullshit flying out of the world of conspiracy theorists makes this untenable. And I did try! You need to increase your hit rate above 0 before anyone other than a professional fact checker will invest the time. For the rest of us, these summaries are helpful.
seabea 4y ago
I seriously doubt you have the resources available to effectively evaluate all the claims for yourself. No one is an expert in all topics. We are literally not qualified to evaluate all claims. E.g. Joe Schmoe is not qualified to personally evaluate the the safety/effectiveness of seatbelts/vaccines/pesticides. At some point they will need to trust someone else's evaluation. People pushing an agenda can also choose to include all the indisputable facts that support their agenda and omit the ones that don't. Evaluating claims without the full picture doesn't give you the truth. So I ask you, how did you "evaluate" the claims in 2000 Mules?
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- HelixEndeavor 4y ago
  How do you evaluate your own beliefs and any claim you hear? Sorry, but this sounds like a roundabout way of calling your political "opponents" dumb for believing the things they do.
dTal 4y ago
I'm sorry but that's a damn foolish approach. Do not deliberately expose yourself to known propaganda! You are NOT too smart to be manipulated. Nobody is! The people who make this stuff are well aware of how "open minded" you are. The only safe thing to do is to boycott information from sources known to be operating in bad faith. Fact checking is not enough, even - it is possible to lie with facts.
- bananabiscuit 4y ago
  If we did what you suggest, the only right thing to do would be to not believe any information source, including our own eyes and ears. Why do you think you aren’t already being exposed to constant propaganda that you aren’t aware of (or refuse to admit the possibility of it being propaganda?)
- HelixEndeavor 4y ago
  > The only safe thing to do is boycott information You do realize how it sounds when you say things like this, right? You're not going to convince anyone to your way of thinking by describing the way you respond to challenging ideas as "boycott the bad information."

Kye 4y ago

The sheer volume of bullshit flying out of the world of conspiracy theorists makes this untenable. And I did try! You need to increase your hit rate above 0 before anyone other than a professional fact checker will invest the time. For the rest of us, these summaries are helpful.

seabea 4y ago

I seriously doubt you have the resources available to effectively evaluate all the claims for yourself. No one is an expert in all topics. We are literally not qualified to evaluate all claims. E.g. Joe Schmoe is not qualified to personally evaluate the the safety/effectiveness of seatbelts/vaccines/pesticides. At some point they will need to trust someone else's evaluation. People pushing an agenda can also choose to include all the indisputable facts that support their agenda and omit the ones that don't. Evaluating claims without the full picture doesn't give you the truth. So I ask you, how did you "evaluate" the claims in 2000 Mules?

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HelixEndeavor 4y ago
How do you evaluate your own beliefs and any claim you hear? Sorry, but this sounds like a roundabout way of calling your political "opponents" dumb for believing the things they do.

dTal 4y ago

I'm sorry but that's a damn foolish approach. Do not deliberately expose yourself to known propaganda! You are NOT too smart to be manipulated. Nobody is! The people who make this stuff are well aware of how "open minded" you are. The only safe thing to do is to boycott information from sources known to be operating in bad faith. Fact checking is not enough, even - it is possible to lie with facts.

bananabiscuit 4y ago
If we did what you suggest, the only right thing to do would be to not believe any information source, including our own eyes and ears. Why do you think you aren’t already being exposed to constant propaganda that you aren’t aware of (or refuse to admit the possibility of it being propaganda?)
HelixEndeavor 4y ago
> The only safe thing to do is boycott information You do realize how it sounds when you say things like this, right? You're not going to convince anyone to your way of thinking by describing the way you respond to challenging ideas as "boycott the bad information."