User:Buckets of Salt

Be skeptical, look out for bias words and articles that seem to only, or mostly, present one side of a story to confirm one’s own viewpoint. This includes me. No one is without bias, as much as they’d like to say they are, and no one is neutral, unless they are a robot - engineered to be neutral. I am no scholar, I am a curious individual. All I know comes from my own research, equipped with my own personal bias, of course. Everyone has their own filter and lens. I have been hard-pressed to find a subject, one couldn’t actively bend or emphasize truths, while maintaining the technical integrity of the facts, and still be able to deceive and manipulate. Even search yourself for bias, so that you may know truth, and not the “truth” you’d like to believe. It is in all of us. This doesn’t mean we are bad, it means we are human. If you’re searching yourself, please realize, even if facts don’t line up as you’d previously believed, does not mean what you believe is in error. Be open to the possibility that it may be. Being wrong isn’t bad, many scientific conclusions have been confirmed by people being wrong. If these scientist’s egos were to come into play, and they were to dig their heels in, our textbooks would be fiction. That community thrives and expands on the possibility that someone may be wrong, including themselves. Truth is king. Truth need not be feared. It expands and enlightens the soul. Thus, be equipped with buckets of salt when exploring a world where everything is presented as fact. And remember…just because someone SOUNDS like they know what they’re talking about - doesn’t mean they’re right.