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Objective information is often found by looking deep into a subject using science and a microscope. The issue with this is the data points which are collected and published behind paywalls and then interpreted by bias institutions and regurgitated as news. With the advent its a common fallacy but an argument flat earthers always come up with is have you ever seen the world as a sphere? There are under 1,000 people on earth<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_nationality#:~:text=5%20Notes-,Statistics,according%20to%20the%20American%20definition.</ref> who have done so however the majority of the earth populace believe the earth to be a sphere, so how did they come to this conclusion? | Objective information is often found by looking deep into a subject using science and a microscope. The issue with this is the data points which are collected and published behind paywalls and then interpreted by bias institutions and regurgitated as news. With the advent its a common fallacy but an argument flat earthers always come up with is have you ever seen the world as a sphere? There are under 1,000 people on earth<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_nationality#:~:text=5%20Notes-,Statistics,according%20to%20the%20American%20definition.</ref> who have done so however the majority of the earth populace believe the earth to be a sphere, so how did they come to this conclusion? | ||
The human mind has evolved [[heuristics]] which allow weighting of information based upon its perceived authority. For instance, story of the BOY who cried wolf, might have ended differently if the protagonist was a middle aged doctor in a lab coat<ref>Chaput de Saintonge DM, Herxheimer A. Harmessing placebo effects in health care. Lancet. 1994;344:995–8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]</ref>. We have negative weighting to younger people when exchanging information, it seems the older a person is the more wisdom and weight. This may have made sense during the pre-internet era as information was less dynamic, however today longevity is more of a hinderance than a benefit. | The human mind has evolved [[heuristics]] which allow weighting of information based upon its perceived authority. For instance, story of the BOY who cried wolf, might have ended differently if the protagonist was a middle aged doctor in a lab coat<ref>Chaput de Saintonge DM, Herxheimer A. Harmessing placebo effects in health care. Lancet. 1994;344:995–8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]</ref>. We have negative weighting to younger people when exchanging information, it seems the older a person is the more wisdom and weight. This may have made sense during the pre-internet era as information was less dynamic, however today longevity is more of a hinderance than a benefit as it have been found that [[neuroplasticity]] which is of the utmost importance during crisis wanes with age. | ||
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