Education, information consumption and doing your own research

[cytg111]

So Beau did a video that made me resonate a little cause it seems at the core of what is derailing public debate these past years… decade(s)? The core message comes super natural to me but I had to reach inwards to examine if this was actually the case, is it instinctive or was it taught. After a little searching it was quite clear it was taught. On multiple levels throughout my educational experiences. Even at uni I recall an advisor(chemistry prof) telling me that whatever was taught in classes here is really secondary to the real skillset we were all getting during our stay here: How to obtain, vet and parse information.

The core of this message is what should be taught on all levels of education, and the fact that it is not is at the core of much of the controversy we see in the world today. My opinion.

The video: Someone writes in and dont understand how he is able to predict the future the way he does(dengue in this case, Florida).. He is basically answering that when he speaks on stuff he dont know a lot about, it is not him speaking, he asks experts he trusts in those fields. Knowing what you dont know is a super power.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Well, for one thing, I don't do videos or pundits or opinion pieces.

 

[cytg111]

Well, for one thing, I don't do videos or pundits or opinion pieces.

Do I need to quote OP where it says “My opinion”? Also. Bullshit.

 

[cytg111]

Suck it dweebs, I'm not done yet.

Here is Neil DeGrasse Tyson basically spelling out that America needs to get its shit together when it comes to education.

0:00 Bad engineering - Bridge collapses, train wrecks etc.

3:50 Science Illiteracy - Disinformation, faith in institutions, belief in science over crackpot religions and cultism.
Do you believe in evolution? Countries ranked:
1. Iceland 90% yes, 5% dont know, 5% no.
...
33. USA 40% yes, 20% dont know, 40% no.

7:02 The reason Why - Why the US is getting it's ass handed to it on the science front by Europe and Japan. The good news is that collectively the western axis is dominating everyone else besides China who is *trying* to tag along.

This is something you gonna wanna look into doing something about. - And maybe, just maybe, in the process you will get a better more informed populous to choose better qualified leaders.

 

[hal2kilo]

Suck it dweebs, I'm not done yet.

Here is Neil DeGrasse Tyson basically spelling out that America needs to get its shit together when it comes to education.

0:00 Bad engineering - Bridge collapses, train wrecks etc.

3:50 Science Illiteracy - Disinformation, faith in institutions, belief in science over crackpot religions and cultism.
Do you believe in evolution? Countries ranked:
1. Iceland 90% yes, 5% dont know, 5% no.
...
33. USA 40% yes, 20% dont know, 40% no.

7:02 The reason Why - Why the US is getting it's ass handed to it on the science front by Europe and Japan. The good news is that collectively the western axis is dominating everyone else besides China who is *trying* to tag along.

This is something you gonna wanna look into doing something about. - And maybe, just maybe, in the process you will get a better more informed populous to choose better qualified leaders.

How about the quality of today's lawyers. Seems something is amiss there also.