Comments on: Instructions Not Clear, I Ran Over The Curb

By: Goldie the Goldfish

Goldie the Goldfish — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:32:51 +0000

First of all I love your title lol. I also love the conclusion you come to. I kind of felt bad while I was reading it because a lot of my notes ended up being, “You literally already told me this three chapters ago.” I think you did a really great job of summarizing the information in these chapters and showing how they’re really just both elaborating on the idea that you probably should look up a source or idea instead of just taking it at face value or fact checking it against itself. It’s funny because the solution is actually a really good solution, it’s just not quite so complicated as someone might think after reading 40 pages on it.

By: Frog

Frog — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:24:12 +0000

“There’s no better way to think of these two chapters as 40 pages to tell you the same thing.” Yeah… that’s kind of what the guide has been feeling like. Each chapter introduces very small steps that heavily builds upon/reiterates the previous ones. These chapters, however, felt even more similar. By reading the room you are trying to understand the context of the source, so you end up investigating more about them. You find information on the organization or other articles that debunk them, which is essentially the purpose of lateral reading. I appreciate the relatable tone.

By: jenjam02

jenjam02 — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:49:21 +0000

This is such a fun and relatable take on the chapters! You pull people in with your titles and headings, and I love it. I like how you explain lateral reading and how instead of just reading one source, we really need to zoom out and look at the bigger picture. It’s like peeking at the entire spider web instead of just one strand and saying ‘eh good enough.’ It’s all one big web in the end. The example about the N95 masks really drives home how easily we can be misled, especially when numbers and big words are thrown around. Love that you brought us back to our good ol’ friend SIFT as well. All of this is just a great reminder that we shouldn’t take everything at face value. The emphasis on checking what others are saying before trusting information is key.