By: The01Raven

The01Raven — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:31:01 +0000

We really have become numb to the internet. I’ve been on a binge of looking at old websites, blogs, and so on. Even looking at how people are trying to bring the positives that era had (Neocities is really cool). Your point that Verified’s information is extremely useful, but only so far as we make it. To make it useful, what we must do is build a habit (a task much more easily said than done). You are also correct in that we must exercise a healthy amount of skepticism. If we are too skeptical we run the risk of truth skepticism.

By: Bryson

Bryson — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:37:26 +0000

I enjoyed your introductory paragraph because it narrows your focus down to the messages that we notice while still acknowledging how widespread these messages are. I think that you are right about fact checking coming down to commitment and effort. I know in my own life if I saw something that was, as you said which I also liked, low-risk then I would be a lot more likely to take it at face value. It doesn’t really matter if it is true or not. It is kind of like content, it is more there for the value of being there than for the value of being true. However, if I saw something that had to do with an important figure or someone in my own life, then it would be very important to me to know what the truth is and why I believe that’s the truth. I would commit to figuring it out no matter what the effort cost was. One word you used that I found valuable was discernment. Oftentimes, if you feel like you are being lied to, you are. You are right, having the awareness to acknowledge that and the care to prove/disprove the message is key.

Comments on: First Steps to Online Research

By: The01Raven

By: Bryson