Comments on: All information is suspect http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/05/12/all-information-is-suspect/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: biisuto http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/05/12/all-information-is-suspect/comment-page-1/#comment-14668 biisuto Wed, 20 May 2009 05:51:32 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3993#comment-14668 this case highlights the often overlooked fact that anything you don't witness yourself is hearsay anyway. The obvious corollary need to question everything is in fact a good thing: all so-called "facts" should be questioned- and rigorously. Will it create the most amazing bottlenecks in history? Absolutely. Will it stop people manufacturing BS? Not at all. Will it make us all accountable for anything we trot out as "fact" Yes, it will. And therein lies the hidden power of pulling the truth out from under the carpet, where it has laid conveniently buried for too long! this case highlights the often overlooked fact that anything you don’t witness yourself is hearsay anyway. The obvious corollary need to question everything is in fact a good thing: all so-called “facts” should be questioned- and rigorously.

Will it create the most amazing bottlenecks in history? Absolutely. Will it stop people manufacturing BS? Not at all. Will it make us all accountable for anything we trot out as “fact” Yes, it will. And therein lies the hidden power of pulling the truth out from under the carpet, where it has laid conveniently buried for too long!

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