Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012)
by fgonzag on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:06PM
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It's not a shortcut. It's the only way to form opinions outside of your expertise fields, because you simply don't have the time to personally research everything.
That's why it's very important to have a healthy dose of skepticism when receiving info from people who we trust, because we chose the gatekeepers based on our opinions which implicitly selects for our own biases.
For example I don't actually know that the election wasn't stolen. It's an opinion that I hold due to choosing to trust a specific gatekeeper (main stream media) and a lack of hard evidence from the other side. If hard evidence were to be presented, the I would have to reexamine my beliefs even if they go against everything I believed in previously.
Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012)
by DaniloDias on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:47PM
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If you are an expert in a topic that is covered by the media, I cannot understand how you would have faith in the media’s coverage of topics you don’t understand.
Until that shortcut goes horribly wrong.