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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 | [[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Oligopolies of media.]] | ||
[[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Scientific weighting hierarchy.]] | [[File:Weighting hierarchy.png|alt=Weighting hierarchy|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Scientific weighting hierarchy.]] | ||