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'''Our genes and culture has evolved in a world where information used to be scarce and of high authority. The internet changed this, by creating an over abundance of information with questionable authority. There is now too much to read for our information hungry brains yet a lot of it is presented not on the basis of fact but on the basis of getting our attention. Wikipedia has tried to combat this issue by listing which sources are reliable:'''[[File:News hierarchy.jpg|alt=News hierarchy|center|960x960px|News hierarchy]] | '''Our genes and culture has evolved in a world where information used to be scarce and of high authority. The internet changed this, by creating an over abundance of information with questionable authority. There is now too much to read for our information hungry brains yet a lot of it is presented not on the basis of fact but on the basis of getting our attention. Wikipedia has tried to combat this issue by listing which sources are reliable:'''[[File:News hierarchy.jpg|alt=News hierarchy|center|960x960px|News hierarchy]] | ||
[[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Oligopolies of meda.]] | [[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Oligopolies of meda.]] | ||
[[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|Figure | [[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Scientific weighting hierarchy.]] | ||
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== Critical Appraisal == | == Critical Appraisal == | ||
Critical appraisal skills should be paramount in the fundamentals of our education. Before we learn anything we need to understand that facts are not binary in nature. | Critical appraisal skills should be paramount in the fundamentals of our education. Before we learn anything we need to understand that facts are not [[Binary versus analogue|binary]] in nature. This would allow us to: | ||
* reduce information overload by eliminating irrelevant or weak studies. | * reduce information overload by eliminating irrelevant or weak studies. | ||
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* assess the validity of the study. | * assess the validity of the study. | ||
* assess the usefulness and clinical applicability of the study. | * assess the usefulness and clinical applicability of the study. | ||
This is illustrated in '''Figure 3''' and is the key filtering technique that Burnzero uses to write articles. In fact on every page, at the bottom is a section named Reference, by clicking on the link next to the individual referenced article ([1], [2], [3] etc) you will be taken to an abstract or full article which is only featured if it fits within the higher levels of this hierarchy. Therefore, no news sources are used, only verifiable scientific papers, the intention of this is to bring us closer to fact than fiction. | |||