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HAB911

(9,365 posts)
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:52 AM Apr 2017

Lie-proof your life with Carl Sagans baloney detection checklist

We don’t live in a post-truth era, despite claims to the contrary. Facts exist as stubbornly as they did before. But we do live in a time when highly-placed people in government and media are actively undermining the idea that there is such a thing as verifiable truth by propagating untruths at dizzying speeds. You can call these falsehoods “weaponized lies,” as the psychologist Daniel J. Levitin does. Or you can call them what the late astronomer Carl Sagan might have: baloney.

https://qz.com/959775/carl-sagans-baloney-detection-kit-can-help-you-spot-fake-news-and-weaponized-lies/

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Lie-proof your life with Carl Sagans baloney detection checklist (Original Post) HAB911 Apr 2017 OP
one of my favorite books of all time. mopinko Apr 2017 #1
Great article PJMcK Apr 2017 #2

PJMcK

(22,967 posts)
2. Great article
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 08:09 AM
Apr 2017

Thanks for the link, HAB911. The article contains a link to the internet archive of Dr. Sagan's complete work, "Demon Haunted World."

It's truly frightening how our culture has lost its critical thinking skills.

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