You should take everything you read with varying degrees of skepticism. Some things warrant more skepticism than others. For example, which of these two should you be more skeptical of?
An article written by someone paid to write things. Their actual name is on the article, thus so is their reputation. And if they’re worth their salt, they’ll also link to direct sources for data shared in their article.
some random dude on a forum who consistently fails to provide sourcing for the numbers, this failing to price they didn’t pull those numbers out of their ass.
Now, I don’t have to accept any of the options at face value, but one is more convincing than the other.
I would say they are both similarly credible. People that are paid to write articles and put their “reputation” on the line constantly write misleading articles or direct lies. The random person on a forum is motivated by something but they could be a complete idiot or a genius. Everything everyone says is very suspect.
You should be able to look back at the credible corporate media sources and realize how they not reliable sources, shoot just take the CNN show with that name for a great example.
Do you actually just believe something if its in article form? I am open to those numbers being wrong, but they seem in the ballpark.
Let’s have a quick lesson in credibility:
You should take everything you read with varying degrees of skepticism. Some things warrant more skepticism than others. For example, which of these two should you be more skeptical of?
An article written by someone paid to write things. Their actual name is on the article, thus so is their reputation. And if they’re worth their salt, they’ll also link to direct sources for data shared in their article.
some random dude on a forum who consistently fails to provide sourcing for the numbers, this failing to price they didn’t pull those numbers out of their ass.
Now, I don’t have to accept any of the options at face value, but one is more convincing than the other.
I would say they are both similarly credible. People that are paid to write articles and put their “reputation” on the line constantly write misleading articles or direct lies. The random person on a forum is motivated by something but they could be a complete idiot or a genius. Everything everyone says is very suspect.
You should be able to look back at the credible corporate media sources and realize how they not reliable sources, shoot just take the CNN show with that name for a great example.