Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by jdiez17 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:15AM
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Coming across the "10k severe side effects" data point should trigger the critical thinking in one to find out the total amount of vaccines in order to form an opinion. I would say it is still better to learn that fact than not.
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Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by lobocinza on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @06:59AM
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You're expecting too much from a generation that grown up being bombarbed by narratives and distractions. Most don't have critical thinking and the required attention span in the first place.
Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by jdiez17 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:09AM
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That's what should be fixed then. Teach critical thinking and then you don't have to implement regressive policies like limiting or banning $perceived_bad_thing.
Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by lobocinza on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:23PM
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Nobody in a position of power is interested in teaching that to the masses. We are lucky if we can teach our own kids to think on their own.
Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by lawn on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:06PM
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If it only was a single data point, sure.
But my example was too simple just to make a point. In the real world you'd be bombarded with hundreds of facts like this, aimed at carefully crafting a certain narrative. Of course mixed with half-truths and lies.
It's not easy to overcome this with critical thinking, and even experts in the field fall into this trap. Expecting someone with no knowledge to be able to is just not realistic.