On Being Quick to Learn and Slow to Judge
No. 1,509 It is worth a reminder not to draw conclusions with less than full information. Information is being communicated to us with incredible speed. Yet, too often, what reaches our eyes and ears first is incomplete or worse, presented to further the interests or biases of the communicator. If the communicator is also a […]
Fake News, Fake Facts and What We Think We Know.
No. 1,297 In this age of electronic spying and Wikileaks, how are we supposed to know who made up what? And even if something isn’t a total fabrication, a misinterpretation can be just as deadly. During the Presidential Campaign, fact checkers reported that an extremely high percentage of alleged facts we were being told by […]