You make great points, especially the fact that people are often pushing some kind of bias. However, there definitely is a skill to determining the reliability of a source, it’s called Information Literacy. You’re also right that each person has to develop this skill for themselves.
For those who truly want to strengthen their Information Literacy, I’d recommend starting by learning to recognize various common cognitive biases and logical fallacies. Simply being familiar with how these things work gives you a leg up on identifying nonsense, even if you can’t recall the exact name of the bias or fallacy that may be occurring.
Skepticism will get you far in determining accurate from inaccurate, and it’s important to apply it universally - question everything - instead of simply applying skepticism toward things you don’t like. Similarly, be open to changing your mind when presented with new information, because the more you learn how to see through the misinformation, the more you may find the world around you is different from what you’d been told.
“If you want to be informed about the world you’ll need to develop your “words” skills”
Social skills in general are by far the most important in just about every aspect of life. 1 man can only do so much. 1 man that can organize a million men can take over the world.
So you prefer to get your news from random internet strangers you’ve never met, over actual legitimate sources? Why, because your ability to sniff out the bullshit is underdeveloped?
The way I see it, people are people. Some people say things that make sense, other times they don’t. I try to check out their sources and reason through conflicting arguments. I also give it some time rather than jumping to impulse decisions.
I try to do things on pattern recognition, but I don’t assume that my view is absolute. I do same with the thoughts and opinions of others.
It’s basically respecting a person’s individuality, and both of our abilities to grow as people.
Being good in one domain, doesn’t make you good in all domains. That takes time: sometimes I have it, other times I don’t.
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You make great points, especially the fact that people are often pushing some kind of bias. However, there definitely is a skill to determining the reliability of a source, it’s called Information Literacy. You’re also right that each person has to develop this skill for themselves.
For those who truly want to strengthen their Information Literacy, I’d recommend starting by learning to recognize various common cognitive biases and logical fallacies. Simply being familiar with how these things work gives you a leg up on identifying nonsense, even if you can’t recall the exact name of the bias or fallacy that may be occurring.
Skepticism will get you far in determining accurate from inaccurate, and it’s important to apply it universally - question everything - instead of simply applying skepticism toward things you don’t like. Similarly, be open to changing your mind when presented with new information, because the more you learn how to see through the misinformation, the more you may find the world around you is different from what you’d been told.
“If you want to be informed about the world you’ll need to develop your “words” skills”
Social skills in general are by far the most important in just about every aspect of life. 1 man can only do so much. 1 man that can organize a million men can take over the world.
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So you prefer to get your news from random internet strangers you’ve never met, over actual legitimate sources? Why, because your ability to sniff out the bullshit is underdeveloped?
Makes zero sense.
The way I see it, people are people. Some people say things that make sense, other times they don’t. I try to check out their sources and reason through conflicting arguments. I also give it some time rather than jumping to impulse decisions.
I try to do things on pattern recognition, but I don’t assume that my view is absolute. I do same with the thoughts and opinions of others.
It’s basically respecting a person’s individuality, and both of our abilities to grow as people.
Being good in one domain, doesn’t make you good in all domains. That takes time: sometimes I have it, other times I don’t.
Complete nonsense. I truly hope this person doesn’t actually exist (though I know there are people like this)
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