This is plausible. However, reminded of critical thinking, I realized I initially accepted as truth something reported on some Web site I'd never even heard of

This is plausible. However, reminded of critical thinking, I realized I initially accepted as truth something reported on some Web site I'd never even heard of. I didn't quickly find any recognizable credible outlets reporting this, so now I suspect I'm not the only person who jumped at something they were biased to believe, simply because it was claimed on the Internet. Which is humbling, when I'm thinking unflattering things about all the "other people" who gobble up propaganda without critical thinking. I'm not saying this story is false, but simply that I and perhaps others believed it immediately, merely because we were prejudiced to believe it, and heard it claimed by anyone.