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juliaoceania -> RE: The stage (6/25/2011 10:50:44 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin
All the wold is a stage, what happens and is reported is part of that stage, what do you believe and what do you don't ?
And furthermore, why do you believe it or not ?
It used to be that we should believe only half of what we see and nothing that we read. With modern photo editing and CGI I suppose it is nothing that we see or read?
I think most people tell a narrative through their own experience, and none of us are objective storytellers. So, I do not "trust" anyone, necessarily. I think the best we can do is get exposure to wide and varied sources of information, and then use our critical thinking skills to try to discern what is accurate and what is not.
Critical thinking is not something that most people want to engage in. It means assessing claims, researching them, and discarding or accepting the messages you are receiving. It also means not believing in a story because it fits the narrative you would like to tell, and rejecting more accurate information because it does not fit with your personal narrative. Confirmation bias is something we all can be guilty of, and our natural inclination is to accept information that agrees with our worldview, and reject (sometimes attack) information that contradicts it... or even not see it at all.
I am human, I make mistakes about what I can rely on and what I should discard, like all people do. I know that if it can be shown to me that a certain person knowingly and intentionally deceives their audience, I will never trust that source again... especially if they never corrected their "mistake".. I then assume it was not a mistake at all, but a willful and intentional fabrication.
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