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Two big reasons for theses issues. The first is that a lot of people don't understand what actually makes a fact. The other is that people stick to information sources that confirm their worldview that we have a lot of people living in their own realities.
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(10-29-2016, 11:58 AM)Beaker Wrote: People should be more willing to blame social media than education. That's where 95% of people are getting their "facts" that form these uniformed opinions.
It's one of the problems with this "information age" that we live in. More information is out there, but so much more of it is quatsch that it can be hard to wade through.
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(10-29-2016, 03:26 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It's one of the problems with this "information age" that we live in. More information is out there, but so much more of it is quatsch that it can be hard to wade through.
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People's beliefs are based on "values" not facts. They chose to believe the facts that fit into their values system.