Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

Re:Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thin... by omgwtfbyobbq on Sunday October 29, 2023 @03:37PM (#38061866)

I think the increase in spending on spreading/amplifying certain kinds of information is because there's a greater depth and breath of information available now that people can and are using to derive their own opinion.

Influencing people was less expensive when media/news/information/etc was relatively limited.

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Re:Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thin... by wredue on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:00PM (#38062121)

Yeah, but what Sagan is trying to give is a framework for forming opinions based on reality. While it’s a good start, it’s missing imperative steps like “if Fox News is your independent verification, it’s probably a lie”.

As stated, we are in a post-truth world, and a framework from Sagan era for forming opinions with a factual justification is much more difficult.

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