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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
2h ago“When you learned to spot a misleading story, did someone teach you or did you figure it out the hard way?”
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The Cost of Letting main stream media and social media Do Our Thinking
Lately I’ve been thinking about how both the political left and right are pushing narratives through social media, and a lot of what’s being shared is made up of half-truths or no truth at all.... Someone gave me a tip during the Global Financial Crisis that I've since used to help with meaning-making for big, global, potentially ideologically charged news.... - Fritzy...
One thing I tell others wanting to discuss the current political scene is that the distance between one side or the other is clouded by beliefs that might not be based upon actual facts. The "I read it on the internet" might not be based on facts.... - FlyingDaisho...
100 percent agree. It is so easy to hear a narrative that catches you emotionally one way or the other and latch on to that information as true. I rarely in day to day life find that people explore the truth of these ideas, rather travel the path of least resistance and trust... - FrankieBoy...
My process is quite simple. I subscribe to a number of sources such as Axios, Politico, NY Times, Snopes. When I see similar claims or information across multiple platforms, I tend to accept them as facts.... The Open Question April 1: How do you decide what to trust?
Right now, today, when you see a claim online or hear something from a friend or read a headline: What's your actual process? Do you have one? Do you mostly just feel it? Something else? When was the last time you changed your mind about a source you used to trust?... - renee...
IDK much about either one either. I love what you do! Stayin’ in your range of influence. I figure as long as I vote, I don’t need to tune into all the stuff in between. I know enough to vote. My mom plays Fox in the afternoon for hours.... - ClarkRC...
That’s actually kind of what my post was about. When we start calling whole groups “low IQ,” make blanket claims, and say one side is pure good and the other is pure evil, we stop thinking critically and start reacting emotionally. My point wasn’t left vs right.... - laymanpascal...
From a developmental perspective onr of the most interesting questions is how early and how safely can children be taught to not believe content. Without losing sincere engagement, we also need to acknowledge that images, videos,.voices, identities of people sending messages,... What's your actual process? Do you have one? Do you mostly just feel it? Something else? I'm skeptical by default. Then, I notice the framing, eg: are they trying to get me to do something? are they painting us v them? are they trying to engage my morality?... I spend my time researching real‑world events, writing clear editorials, and digging for truth in places most people overlook. I enjoy examining claims, exposing misinformation, and cutting through noise to get to what’s real.... - Cyaboi25...
'Everyone's Entitled to Their Opinion' is Killing Good Conversation
There's a difference between having an opinion and having a reasoning process. "Everyone's entitled to their opinion" sounds fair. It sounds democratic. But it's actually collapsed the whole thing.... - Neo...
Hello all 👋🏻 I've just signed up & just wanna reach out here. I'm on several social media platforms and strive to be a seeker of truth. On so many issues the reader/viewer can't speak with absolute certainty that what they're seeing/viewing is true or even slightly real... - Sassiebrat67...
I agree completely. But me being me, wonders, WHY the information is so abundant and what are the keepers hoping to achieve? Is the information given, not to help us with gaining knowledge, not to make us wiser, but rather, to keep us so busy trying to assimilate it all, while... ...at the very least, part of this 'conundrum' is predicated on the human tendency to think in binary terms; we want to believe that things are either "good for you" and you should eat more of them, or "bad for you" and you should eat less (or none) of them.... - AskAves...
I am a writer, mother, teacher, cancer survivor, and I am empathetic to a fault. The invite to this platform intrigued me, because I believe our country needs more unity. We won't solve any problems if we can't come together.... - Prudence...
Hello, I am a senior and I joined up Trust because I want to be able to believe what I'm reading and know that it's factual information. I don't want to have to go through all the steps of detecting AI and fake people.... Ah yes, man's search for "Truth" has always been elusive. The comments can also impact your perspective wildly. You can have a first impression about a post and then go to the comments only to do a 360 based on whatever the most amount of people are saying.... - Standup55...
I use a variety of sources. Individuals, news from other countrys. On their language and then a translation of need be. Also read comments on posts. One thing I learned from Trumps forst term "Its the retweets that kill...