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Re:Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook f... by baq on Sunday March 25, 2018 @03:55AM (#16671234)
isn't this what you're supposed to be taught in high school or even elementary when writing essays?
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Re:Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook f... by nocobot on Sunday March 25, 2018 @09:04AM (#16672006)
In high school I was told to make up statistics as needed when writing essays. Anecdotal evidence of course but I suspect that many schools do a bad job at this.

But I suspect the bigger problem is that the amount of research needed to hold an informed opinion is growing exponentially in many fields.

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Re:Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook f... by perfmode on Sunday March 25, 2018 @11:35AM (#16672619)
> But I suspect the bigger problem is that the amount of research needed to hold an informed opinion is growing exponentially in many fields.

Which is why trust becomes more important than ever.

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Re:Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook f... by Bjartr on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:21PM (#16682168)
Sure, but that doesn't mean plenty of adults couldn't use a well designed refresher. After all, studies have shown[1] that many adults struggle with arithmetic of a level also taught in school.

[1] This article summarizes some of the findings of one such study and links to further resources https://qz.com/638845/americans-are-spectacularly-bad-at-ans...

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