A reminder that it only takes a few minutes to (try to anyway) verify something you see online.

[dianora@ottawa.place]

A reminder that it only takes a few minutes to (try to anyway) verify something you see online. Go to various news sources at least.

We are biased to assume that a news item that shows 'the other side' in a bad light is true. Our brains are like that.

And be careful with wikipedia as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies

Double and triple check your sources people!

#Fediverse #Misinformation #Disinformation #Propaganda

[cyberwitch@goingdark.social]

@Dianora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5B1mIfQuo4 this is goofy as hell, by I love hire this video illustrates the power of bias and assumption we can get from a glance at a source when we don't do the homework of verifying it, and his much it can spread.

Which kind of sucks when we're getting flooded currently

[dianora@ottawa.place]

@cyberwitch My mantra has always been 'sit on your hands' before one reacts.

Just started watching the video and this quote (I think I got it right) stood out.

"I am absolutely baffled people will defend an opinion that is not even their own."

Hero worship is letting someone else do your thinking for you.

[cyberwitch@goingdark.social]

@Dianora yeah it's a whole rabbithole, so I keep thinking of all the important stuff that gets this same careless treatment