I love the idea of us talking more about #MediaLiteracy in general, and critical thinking touchstones.
I used to buy into the lie of "rational" debate, but it's much more effective to remember that this isn't how humans develop most of their views - or change them. (That said, some people are more *aware* of their emotional & cultural inputs than others, which makes discussion easier.)
Easy queries today, then:
What's your favourite fallacy?
And what's the fallacy you struggle with the most?
"What's your favourite fallacy?"
Voters act in the best interest of their community.
"And what's the fallacy you struggle with the most?"
Others believing that voters act in the best interest of their community.
@WordsmithFL @MLClark The assumption that people will act in their own best interest is a fallacy. There are many reasons they won't. On a singular level, a person may not be able to act in their own best interest for all sorts of reasons: anger, lack of knowledge, unable to find a path to belonging. #MediaLiteracy
@TheresaVermont @WordsmithFL @MLClark I've come to realize that some people are simply incurious. I had emailed my RW friend about the explosion in medical disinformation and said it had become an industry. He asked me what the difference was between misinformation and disinformation as he didn't know. We've discussed misinformation and disinformation for a couple of years. He has a search engine in his hand. Why has he never looked up the definitions?
#medialiteracy
@peterquirk @TheresaVermont @WordsmithFL
Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation: all incredibly important to watch out for, with "malinformation" maybe being the hardest to spot, because it's all about figuring out the proper proportional response to a given factoid in a broader news context.
But you're spot on, Peter: that education can only arise among people even interested in pursuing it. So, we need people to understand why it matters - another Herculean task!