35: truth arbiter
This week’s
❓Wonder
How do you tell what is true or not online?
🌲 Speculation
In the current state of the art, news outlets garner trust from legacy. Otherwise, we have no way of knowing whether something is legitimately true without an understanding of the science behind it.
📱Application
Current information is displayed through news which is biased based on politics, leaning left to right, and having lean versions of each:
Many news outlets cite studies that may have several biases that are not accounted for in the current peer review process.
With all the information out there, including the misinformation propagated online, it is hard to know who to trust and how to trust information.
🌹Thorns
We should be able to trust major organizations, like the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, particularly with the work they have done during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Agreed. But as I think about biases and transmission of information, there is no polling data or organization that should be considered a first principle when it comes to truth delivery. Most information is true in a particular context.
Whole💙ness
“Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.” - Siddhartha
To your health -
Soma
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