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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:31 PM Original message |
When you read or hear something, how do you determine if it is true or not? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I use a coin. Its right about 53% of the time |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ask yourself: 'Who benefits'? from the release of the information. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. That is the wrong way to go about it. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Connect the dots. nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sixty one years of mostly paying attention gives me quite the edge on what is and what is not bull |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. While I still think there may be another shoe to drop in the Palin fiasco |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Probably a whole closet full |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. i google it with different combinations, ____ fake, ___ rip off, ___true, or just google it, i check |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. I assume it is not true and then look to prove it |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. You are right! |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Where I heard it, the original source, language used, facts mentioned... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. By how many positive recs it has. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Heh - the epistemology of political news. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. my first response |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. To politicians, "the truth" is, at best, a fungible irritant. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. See also: CARL SAGAN'S BALONEY DETECTION KIT |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Quite a few people here would hate that one (nt) |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I like that, but many things are inconsequential or subjective, and not worth arguing. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sometimes I am sure I know based upon personal knowledge or facts, |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm patient |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. Think of a jig saw puzzle with missing pieces and pieces from other puzzles mixed in |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Withhold judgment and use what scientists use: peer review |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. I look to see what the source of the info is first. Is it reliable? Then I |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. I look at how many recs it has. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But if everybody votes to recommend... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. 1. Check for logical coherence. 2. see if it is falsifiable. 3. compare with old info. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Experience, evidence, context |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Series!? Did you take the red pill? |
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sazerac (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. If it sounds unbelievable |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Depends |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Three days... let it settle out..the first rush is nearly always wrong |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Epistemology in GD? What’s going on here? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Depends who is saying it. Documented past deceit is the best indicator |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. Gauge the opinion of DUers and assume uninformed group think is accurate |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. A number of criteria are involved: Is the source known and trusted based on past verfications? |
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