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Might the science be interesting?
A few days ago one of my favourite youtubers added a new video. I have to highlight that he's a physicist and a science buff. That's why he always pays attention to facts and resources(?).
The title was encouraging - "A Short Movie About the Truth and the False." But, in fact, this movie was one hour and forty minutes long! He didn't accustom his followers to such long material. Even so, I decided to watch 10 minutes of the video every day until I finished. Of course, it didn't work out because it was so compelling that I consumed the whole movie at once.
The main goal of the video was to convince people to question our own statements. The youtuber advises us to ask ourselves what kind of argument would make us change our own opinion. If there is no argument that could do that, our statement isn't objective but rather a belief.
Another important thing that he says is to search for information in objective and scientific materials: from universities, scholarly papers or English Wikipedia, which is the best encyclopedia in the world.
The youtuber shows us the obstacles that stand in our way to separate truth from false. He tells about errors in understanding, ignorance about a topic, and the inability to evaluate resources. When he explains what these phenomena consist of, he gives advice on how to avoid them. There's also a part devoted to manipulation and propaganda in the media (and not only there).
It took 6 months to make this material but it was definitely worthwhile! It's both entertaining and informative. Likewise, it contains a lot of funny examples and exercises; for instance, he shows how to point out which statements are true, which are false, and which are manipulated.
I'm glad everything in the Internet is not just trash and that some people really care about our development.
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