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BS: Just the facts
| Les in Chorlton | 22 Dec 14 - 12:29 PM | |
| Greg F. | 22 Dec 14 - 09:42 AM | |
| Ed T | 22 Dec 14 - 09:41 AM | |
| Ed T | 22 Dec 14 - 09:01 AM | |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just the facts From: Les in Chorlton Date: 22 Dec 14 - 12:29 PM Some people still think it is a fact that the sun appears in the east (what ever that is) travels across the sky and disappears in the west! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just the facts From: Greg F. Date: 22 Dec 14 - 09:42 AM Absolutely right, Ed - for a significant segment of the population myth and bullshit will win over fact and reality hands down, every time. This may be unfortunate - and a growing phenomenon - but its not news. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Just the facts From: Ed T Date: 22 Dec 14 - 09:41 AM I suspect many will see the reinforcement of beliefs, opinions and notions by cherry picking and accepting biased and loosely formed "facts" in others, not themselves. |
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Subject: BS: Just the facts From: Ed T Date: 22 Dec 14 - 09:01 AM We often see people on Mudcat refer to "the facts". A good question is what are acceptable facts? It seems the definition on what is a fact differs depend on what your existing beliefs on a tooic are. Below is an interesting link on the difficulty in changing such beliefs with "facts", nomatter how reliable they may be. The Backfire Effect |