It starts
with your family. They teach you how to speak and eat and zip up your pants.
Then there is school where a strange man
or woman stands in front of a group of kids spouting information and testing
you to see if you were listening.
A mosque,
temple, synagogue, church also presents information (true or false) but it is
all part of the learning process.
The library
is one of the best sources for information. Categorized and arranged in easy
access to quietly ponder and absorb or even take home.
The local
“News” or “Dispatch” newspaper gives current (well maybe a day or two later)
sport scores, wedding announcements, obituaries, business openings and closings
and some topical opinion view of the publisher.
Radio and
television give a constant barrage of traffic and weather reports, sports live
on the air and breaking news live of speeches and disasters.
Now the
Internet can stream whatever you wish to your ear pods or screen 24/7 and
anyone anywhere can post their opinions, comments, videos, etc. to the
unsuspecting mind of the viewer and listener.
Books are out
of date by the time the ink dries. Still they are a good resource of other’s
opinions and findings and there are a million varieties from scientific logic
to cookbooks. Media can have bias presenting ‘news’ with a wink and a nod or a
phrase to slant what should be journalist reporting of facts to an editorial
piece. The Internet is filled with some interesting information but also full
of nonsense, titillation, frivolous and shocking pix and comments to draw in
the participant (advertising 101) and fact-finding is a waste of time.
In the end,
the bank of knowledge you have devoured during the time when you could still
read has formed your beliefs and bias.
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