Re: Understanding Sources
Posted: Aug 19th, 2017, 3:30 pm
Wiki is more insightful and accurate than most posters here. It's a legitimate source for us mouth breathers. One just has to corroborate and note, citation needed
TylerM4 wrote:I'm really concerned with the state of society in today's digital age.
Specifically - there are a LOT of people out there that don't question or consider the source of their information. Many people seem to automatically trust information they stumble across on Facebook or scientific information from news sites for example. The idea of "Unbiased, professionally gathered, peer-reviewed information from a reputable source" is completely foreign to many people.
The downstream impact being poor choices/decisions, incorrectly influencing others or their children, etc.
Anyone have ideas for how we as a society can help avoid this? Back in my schooling days - information source vetting wasn't really taught until you reached the college/university level. Perhaps something that now needs to be taught at the highschool level if it isn't already?