Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6

[@coralee5628]

I was raised in a strongly anti-vax household and was told all kinds of horror stories about what would happen to me if I got vaccinated. Last year, at the age of 30, I finally pushed past my lingering anxiety and got the first vaccines of my life, including MMR. This year there's a measles outbreak in my home state of Washington, and it makes me wonder how many lives might have been damaged, or lost, if I hadn't made that choice. I'm so grateful to Crash Course, SciShow, and Nerdfighteria - series like this one have been HUGE in helping me become better at critical thinking, and less trapped by fear. You really are saving lives.

[@UroWasHere]

Did you observe any evidence that taking those vaccines impacted your community? It may be that, at best, the vaccines didn't impact your community at all.

[@kingnaga619]

@@UroWasHere That is the point of vaccination, it's job is to insure that nothing happens. Anti-vaxxers only live long enough to spread their stupidity due to herd immunity, IE: so many people are vaccinated that no one around those that arent can get the disease because they cant come into contact with it.

[@UroWasHere]

​@@kingnaga619 We all know what vaccines are. Just pointing out something not occurring is some fairly weak evidence on its own, and in the words of the video, could just be a "spurious correlation". It's very interesting this video doesn't appear to claim that vaccines work. Only that they don't cause autism.

[@OzixiThrill]

@@UroWasHere It has been show that vaccines don't work 100% of the time. Some people just don't develop an immunity from them, even after repeatedly taking them for some conditions. Therefore stating that vaccines work without any extra notes would have been a factually wrong statement.

[@DarthObscurity]

OzixiThrill Vaccines don't have anything to do with personal immunity. "Herd Immunity" isn't about a single person resisting the disease; it's about the ability of a group of people to shield themselves from an OUTBREAK. The disease doesn't spread as easily (because it can't reach it's full efficacy), doesn't gestate as easily (You don't get AS sick as you would have) and it dies quicker before it can affect people who ARE weak. They do NOT provide immunity. Vaccines DO work on EVERYBODY, some people just have an adverse reaction to them and can't/shouldn't be vaccinated. This kind of wrong info is part of the reason people are pushed to anti-vax.

[@mikenorman4001]

One person with measles was chased into a moon landing studio by a new species of spider and downvoted this video.

[@agnosticdeity4687]

Worst day of my life and you make a joke about it.

[@poorplayer9249]

Yeah Mike, It's not funny. Just ask the 26 other people Neil infected 17 hours later.

[@KingsleyIII]

On top of that spider story giving no evidence, I'm also suspicious of PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS USE ALL-CAPS! It's probably meant to be attention grabbing. All-caps has its uses, but if all you type is all-caps, I suspect you only want attention, so the story is probably bogus. All-caps is the text equivalent of yelling. Use it carefully. Do you yell all the time? No! Would people take you seriously if you did? No! So, I'd say be skeptical of anyone who makes outrageous claims using all-caps.

[@not2be4gotten02]

KZbin videos with all caps titles immediately annoy me

[@rubyppower]

The moon is actually made out of cheese [Source - Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out]

[@Tfin]

If the Japanese weren't such efficient shipwrights, the shipyards of Scotland might have had more success in the years following the war. [Source - Pink Floyd: The Final Cut]

[@Arsenik17]

Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!

[@rominawild6235]

I love your videos! Could you use less stock videos and stock photos though, please!

[@RegitYouTuber]

Really enjoying this series - not that I can give any evidence for that

[@sexyscientist]

Your google account saves your activity which can prove your increased activity on crashcourse pages, your subscription list and your liked video list. To dig deep, we can also look into the data of video release-watch delay graph.

[@cholten99]

Crash Course logical fallacies please.

[@AlashiaTuol]

Yes.

[@kotaowens6978]

YES!!!

[@al-ansarmo9198]

+

[@vidividivicious]

go to zerobooks then. ben has a good set of videos about logic

[@7hello]

Up

[@kevinm9191]

YES ANOTHER VIDEO I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS!

[@hannahc3317]

I really like this series in particular as well.

[@ChefMimsy]

(Another) Excellent video. Sadly, it's another example of preaching to the choir. The folks who need to learn this lesson aren't likely to watch this. But for those of us who care about this stuff, it's an excellent reminder. Hopefully critical thinking skills are already part of everyone's tool kit. It's a shame a large chunk of the population fear people who know how to think

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

Share it

[@agnosticdeity4687]

Good point but I am looking forward to watching this again with my son.

[@pyrotheevilplatypus]

A lot of teachers watch this and use it to teach IT/research classes with students. People young enough to be swayed one way or the other.

[@mikerd1994]

I think the core curriculum of highschool should include critical thinking or logic or debate. Something that gives people the tools they need to articulate points honestly and understand how to avoid fallacies.

[@ChefMimsy]

@@mikerd1994 I agree 100%, however, there's a huge movement of evangelicals who don't want critical thinking taught because they feel it threatens their beliefs.

[@tacowaco2935]

When you watch this after watching a video of yours from six years ago, wow you changed a lot... in a good way

[@RangerRuby]

Me: *This Tuesday could not get more boring...* Crash Course: *Post new Crash Course Navigating Digital information video* Me: *Bring out the Happy Dance Music!*

[@sexyscientist]

Is there some happy dance music!!! Enlighten me.

[@coletakkish4389]

0:42 John is like Ty Lopez in reverse “Here in my studio, with my vast knowledge, but do you know that I like more than all this knowledge? Lamborghinis.”

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

A lot of the examples in this vid were of very low-hanging fruit, which doesn't help people parse more complex digital narratives. Also, the vid (and series so far) doesn't address the issue of motivation for verification I.e. apathy regarding the accuracy of many outlandish online claims, which is I think the real reason they're shared so much. To explain - Listening to most of the examples in this vid, it felt akin to teaching people how to avoid falling for that Nigerian prince e-mail scam. Sure a sizable absolute number of people might fall for it each year, but that's only because of how widespread it is (i.e. the vast majority of its recipients don't fall for it). Things like the moon landings being fake are by now internet memes for most - that's how much credibility they have for most people. This doesn't tell us anything about how to deal with far more well-constructed narratives, which also typically involve far more believable i.e. far less fantastic, claims. For instance, if a particular politician is accused of corruption or nepotism during election season, that isn't something people are automatically skeptical of - it's perfectly within the realm of possibility, and indeed hardly uncommon. Sure you can say we should wait till investigations determine whether this is true, but long before that we've got an election to vote in and need to know whether to prima facie believe the accusations or not. And such accusations typically do come with some sort of initial 'evidence', which typically a layman isn't enough of an expert to evaluate. Ditto a lot of the science articles in the media making claims based on fringe science, which while it may not be mainstream opinion still cite a paper published in a scientific journal (and there's thousands of those out there - we can't be expected to know the trustworthiness of all of them, nor can we expect all scientists to have been able to get into Nature or another of the handful of well-known journals). Nutrition is an especially notorious field for this. So what are we supposed to do in these (and other such) cases? The evidence is there, and it's not so easy to dismiss as a random chain post about spiders on social media with zero citations or references to back it up. And keep in mind that expecting people to do more than, say, 5-10 mins of research (at max) on something they find online is setting an unreasonable standard. Atm people don't cross-check stuff at all, and I agree that needs to change, but you'll never manage more than getting them to google something for a bit - they've got other things in their lives to do too. So in-depth investigation is out of the question (except for things that're important decisions to them, like whether to get your child vaccinated). Lastly, it's worth noting that things like that spider post on social media mostly get shared not because most people believe in it, but because most of them simply don't care. They're not going to cross-check it not because they fear being wrong, but because they don't really give a damn whether it's right or wrong. It's a chain post - it sounds interesting, it's asking them to share it and so they do. Chain mails of the past were the same. And therein lies the biggest challenge for what this course is trying to achieve - apathy. I'm going to guess the vast majority of the people watching this series already inculcate a lot of the habits and outlooks it's trying to promote - you're essentially preaching to the choir. But if you really want to make a difference, then we're going to need something that breaks through that apathy to get others who don't care (not don't believe in, just don't care - there's a difference) to bother with all this hassle to do it. And examples like that spider story don't help - it's easy to see the harm in not getting vaccinations, but spreading rumors of that sort is pretty much seen as harmless. Or, in other words, people who'd never spread anti-vaccination claims may still circulate stories like that of your spider example, simply because it's not something that triggers any kind of strong reaction to it among them (either for or against). It's 'just social media things', so to speak. Anyway, I hope the next episode gets into dealing with far harder to evaluate misinformation campaigns. And please don't take this the wrong way - this was all meant as constructive criticism. Cheers!

[@sideb4242]

just read your whole comment. you make a very good point about apathy being the main enemy of information verification and about most actual problematic misinformation cases being much more nuanced and probable than the spider story. but if you want people to get you, you really need to learn to be more concise. or at least sum up your points in the first few sentences, like i just did. barely anyone will read such a long comment here.

[@reedkellner6447]

I had some similar thoughts as I watched this series. I suppose some part of me had hoped that after I was done watching, I would be able to say to myself, "There! Now young people won't be fooled by all of the (plainly to me) bogus claims that people trying to advance an agenda make in the media every day." But, sadly I was not able to sincerely experience that kind of satisfaction. While I was watching, I also found myself repeatedly wishing that John Green would touch on the scientific method, and what makes that process reliable, but I suppose that would be outside the scope of this video series. My own experiences of having received a formal education in philosophy and physics makes me feel as though I am equipped with enough background information and mental tools to pretty quickly get a sense of how trustworthy a piece of media I encounter is, but I don't think it's the best situation for a democratic society for everyone to need to get degrees in philosophy and science in order to sensibly parse their daily media diet.

[@Overthought7]

Came here to make similar points. Glad to find someone had similar concerns on this vid.

[@TMParrish2011]

Mendicant Bias Crash Course is primarily targeted toward a high school audience, and I can guarantee you, as a high school teacher, many- too many- of them do believe what you call “low hanging fruit.” They need these basics.

[@annichan113]

CrashCourse is one of the best things that could have happened to KZbin 👍

[@youtility6685]

As far as conspiracy theories go, one of the main problems is the lack of falsifiability. Most of the people you engage regarding topics like this go out of their way to try and disprove mainstream theories, but never their own. When you ask them "how would you know if you are wrong" you generally get a nonanswer ("I just know") or they will require an unreasonable amount of evidence. Also, there's the prevalent problem of the "direct-realism" philosophy. This is the "I'll believe it when I see it" or "I know what I saw" philosophy. Which is not necessarily a problem, but can be a major one in regards to popular issues. The earth is flat because they /personally/ don't see the curvature of the earth. Or they believe autism causes vaccines because someone close to them had the two happen concurrently. You can confront them on this directly but it doesn't seem to help. Sure, conspiracies can be fun to believe in, but become very problematic when they affect real people. Anyone who has any advice or help, this would be welcome!

[@tinango1828]

Can you guys make a video on the different types of evidence eg RCT, cohort studies, observational studies, etc and what makes them a higher level quality of evidence

[@sexyscientist]

Neither of the three is high quality evidence. All they are good at is correlation.

[@sexyscientist]

@@aiby0nznvnwbmss537 How RCT is about causal relationship? Please explain.

[@sexyscientist]

@@aiby0nznvnwbmss537 Thanks a lot, Jens. Makes full sense to me now. I think that the only shortcoming is the group size.

[@brucetsai7732]

honestly our boss can refuse a pay rise by saying, "because I said so". no word of a lie.

[@biggerdoofus]

I think the correlation does not equal causation part should come with a caveat. If the point being argued is negative (ie. A does not cause B), then showing a negative correlation means that any argument to the opposite (A does cause B) would then need stronger evidence because it needs to compensate for the question of how the negative correlation was overcome. To give an example, the fact that violence in the US has gone down sharply since the advent and rapid rise of the first-person shooter genre makes it harder to argue that first-person shooters cause violence, since that would raise the question of why violence is still going down.

[@dashawnlee2485]

It’s crazy that we still have to tell people not to believe everything you are told and to check information. Great video.

[@megeaton2080]

Hey for the people who go to my school and take geography, here is the answer to #1 in the digital literacy tracker: bad and good evidence. Answer for #2 is: 7:03 Answer for #3 is: 7:29? I'm not entirely sure about the last answer I think you just have to decide it on your own. Idk.

[@mooses_]

Thanks!

[@rubyppower]

One of the favourite type of posts on Facebook that are clearly fake are when mums say that someone is mixing in drugs in children’s Halloween sweets. It makes me laugh every time.

[@jibbaspaa]

we need to get this CC series into classrooms, and perhaps in front of politicians

[@lelouchkeon1547]

7:14 green just give us a wrong information about the year ! its not 2018 its 2019! I just nailed it! 😂😂😂

[@DarthObscurity]

Hitchens Razor. "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence."

[@camiloiribarren1450]

And now we get to learn about the hardest part college students have to do when writing an essay: finding evidence

[@sirBrouwer]

wait isn't it the point that you discover the evidence your self? Then ask a other teams at other locations if they can do the same experiment with the same starting point. If at multiple locations your evidence is the same that is it self is hard cold science at it's best. Even better if you can ask a team with high credentials can do the same.

[@nimblebimble]

Well now we get to learn about the hardest part college students have to do when writing an essay: not watch quality videos on KZbin

[@jackcornison1057]

I've listened to every video of Crash Course in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology a couple of times and I literary feel like a genius! I know the answer to everything

[@ScareSans]

Literally*

[@kts8900]

The citation rabbit hole, where paper A cites paper B for a statement, but paper B cites paper C....and you trace it down to paper Z which doesn't actually proove anything.

[@paramountmutagen3166]

Pretty much everyone should watch this course. So much misinformation, everywhere..

[@LaLaBlahBlahh]

I value this channel so much.. I’ve learnt so much from you guys! Thanks

[@landravac]

I love lateral reading as well! :D

[@JosephDavies]

An example of "evidence being reliable but irrelevant" is the snowball you mentioned. It was true that it was snowing in DC at that time, and it is likely that the snowball was real (I have no reason to doubt this trivial prop). The biggest problem is that the weather in Washington D.C. is, as you pointed out, not directly relevant to the global climate of our planet. This was essentially a strawman argument being presented by the Senator, as he was arguing against a claim not actually being made by proponents of anthropogenic climate change, and therefore the evidence (regardless of its veracity) does not refute the actual claim.

[@jiangciyang3860]

straw-man is very useful in fast paced arguments when the opponent does not have time to realize what you are actually doing, however, if he if sharp and does figure it out before the argument continues, you would have to get ready for a tough comeback which you probably can't refute with proper arguments.

[@armanke13]

Wait, there are 4 vampires?

[@calebwilson7084]

Don't look at me I Identify as a God duh

[@hannahc3317]

I think it may have been a joke about people like Vlad the Impaler

[@AdherentApologetics]

Man, Crash Course is the best!

[@julianakelrune7777]

I'd be interested to see a video dissecting how to examine scientific articles and other sources for errors that might not be obvious to a layperson. Like, for example, we all know there are numerous think tanks and studies that follow agendas and attempt to justify their positions through studies that are misleading, omit data, correlate data falsely, come to erroneous conclusions, take liberties with the scientific method, etc. I'd like to see how one could break down these often jargon laden articles so as to be able to explain whether they are good sources or not and why.

[@grejen711]

Just the wording of that spider trope gave it away for me. Maybe I've been exposed to it more than many people but I can typically spot them instantly.

[@PaulVaucher-CH]

This is such good material for teaching! It has so many relevant points about critical thinking ...

[@scienceexplains302]

Crashcourse, The spider story is obviously a hoax, but the lack of claims of deaths in Virginia is not evidence against it. They never said the species (4:44) didn’t visit Virginia, they just didn’t claim to know of any deaths there. That is an enormous difference. We fight hoaxes and bad reasoning best when we use our best reasoning. Thanks for the useful video.

[@kadocat9090]

I really love this series

[@LuinTathren]

I am loving this Crash Course!

[@yippee8143]

i had to do a test on this vid and the tumblr section took me OUT 😭

[@SuperMraugust]

I love this! Makes me feel positive about the future!

[@cjschrader3952]

I watch your videos all the time in history

[@KplusU]

I hate how ignorant I have been. I use to post everything. Thank you so much for this video and the lateral reading video. The videos have changed how I get information, thank you for helping make me better.

[@KplusU]

You are so ignorant with an overdeveloped sense of self-importance. I have literally lived on all 7 continents. You are exactly who you are trying to make me sound like. I scored a 32 on my act, 1920 on my sat, 92 on my MCAT, I was a professional ballet dancer for Ballet Dallas, I have been a phlebotomist, a carpenter with PAE in Antartica, circumnavigated the world's oceans for 3 years,(Cape Horn in the house), you sound like you need more life experience and to get out of the Jetty's my friend.. The place where I lack experience is just when it comes to finding true information on the internet.. @retsaM innavoiG

[@ultimateo621]

“There have only been 4 vampires in REAL history” John Green

[@Nate-mu8oi]

Nathan for you is probably the perfect psa for this video topic

[@linds_mp4]

the other hosts of crashcourse do an amazing job, but there is something so comforting about having John back

[@ruma7945]

this is a fantastic series. in my oppinion

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

*Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you. ♡*

[@tophers3756]

The key to Elizabeth I 's success & long life

[@owais5829]

This is asking for a lot, but can you make a series on government agencies? So many exist and I can’t find anyone unbiased to give explanations for how they worked. I’m most interested in learning about CPS, but I could learn about the IRS and EPA etc

[@FlesHBoX]

It's funny. I always made a point of never using "because I said so"... and that's how my 4 year old learned what a singularity is...

[@philrobichaud3063]

Another excellent video - the internet unfortunately is geared towards confirmation bias just in the way it works... These videos should be required viewing for all children learning to use the internet.

[@peace299]

The quality of our evidence like the quality of our information, affects the quality of our decision. ...best line

[@OrnamentAshRainbow]

Hey. Do you have a link to that Nichols Cage and drownings coronation thing?

[@OrnamentAshRainbow]

Pirate's Piggy not really relevant to the question at hand, but thanks.

[@yourneighbour5738]

This should be shown in primary school and secondary school classes. Now we live in a post-fact world where educators abuse their position to impose 'X is right and Y is wrong' instead of actively encourage individual thinking. And you said correlation does not equal causation, wouldn't that apply perfectly to global warming?

[@pvtpain66k]

11:50 & in WA state in Jan/Feb of 2019 (currently Feb 12). 53 infected, so far.

[@ScareSans]

@@piratespiggy5990 oh they're punished by death alright

[@Phriedah]

7:14 "in 2018" HMMMMMM, TIME TRAVELING, EH Vlog BROTHERS? I'VE CAUGHT YOU NOW. THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN.

[@gregoryfenn1462]

It's not 2018 (7:13)... it was Feb 2019 when you uploaded this.

[@l0s1ngfac33]

Im reading your book love you 😍

[@Thomas-1023]

This is remarkable content. I recently read a book with a similar theme, and it was absolutely astonishing. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

[@shaurya8518]

Nicely done

[@Benknowlton]

I bit disappointed with the lack of discussion on data analysis but I hope they’ve got it covered next week.

[@TheThagenesis]

I'm an fully grown adult and I once ate a whole package of M&M's for breakfast on a Saturday morning just because I could!

[@allenemmanuelbinny6295]

Can we have video about how to read the important stuff in web pages to do some research.

[@TheAtheist92]

3:45 Oooh, that's why youtube suggests a video about Shelob the giant spider from lord of the rings next xD

[@braedondavies9592]

So, how does the author know that he's not just confirming his own biases? This video seems to promote a false sense of neutrality.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

I love the logic of "well I saw a light in the sky I can't explain, so therefore must be an alien spaceship" 🙄

[@strawberryb1onde]

3:24 i was able to see a few of my fandoms oof

[@poorplayer9249]

The selection process for deciding on examples to include in this video: the definition of information overload.

[@KMO325]

I know Ida B. Wells, but who are the other three people on the wall behind John?

[@113dmg9]

What is the likelihood that "reliable facts" will be spewed forth from reputable sources that may finally shed light on the backstory of 11/22/63? Now, that would be extremely interesting.

[@jlupus8804]

In 2016, the Washington post stated that overall global climate had started dropping around that exact time (or maybe in 2014, look for full article to verify). I wouldn’t be shocked if it was still dropping, so let’s all just focus on other environmental problems instead, like trash, metal poisoning, waste dumping, etc. Also, last year the US dropped overall carbon emissions better than all other countries, despite NOT being apart of the Paris Accords, while countries that were apart of the Accords like China and India INCREASED emissions. Just had to get these facts straight. Too much fake news going around.

[@pan_bacchanal]

Suggestion for next series: Crash Course Rational Thinking examining bestiary of cognitive biases Seriously, it could be like Pokemon Go for understanding information

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

0:51 no, you need to use a magic keyboard and say: “give us a raise, loser!”. My source: regular show. All of john green’s lambroginis, send them to the moon!

[@FalbertForester]

Flying spiders are a thing! Well, more drifting-on-the-wind spiders, but still, airborne spiders!

[@thomasr.jackson2940]

You convinced me. We need to stop Nicholas Cage from drowning people.

[@MarvelOfRain]

Last time there was Navigating Digital Information in my Statistics video, now there is Statistics in my Navigating Digital Information Video. Conspiracy?

[@armorsmith43]

Ondřej Bronec yes. There is a conspiracy among the folks at complexly, mediawise, the Poynter institute, and the Stanford History Education Group.

[@silverharloe]

Don't hide from controversy, John. Feel free to touch on polarizing issues.

[@gunmanshotman8271]

I know I should've paid more attention on other things but that bakugo pic on tumblr just can't get outta my head XD At least it made me more attentive for the rest of the video

[@jasminerain4032]

Hello my name is jasmine and I have a couple questions going towards the fact that you're a writer. - do you still write? - what inspired you to make a youtube channel I know you get these questions all the time but if you could take the time and answer these questions it would be great. Also I read " the fault in our stars" and "turtles all the way down" and I don't mean to offend you but I am not a big fan of the story plot or what your stories are about but your detailing is amazing.

[@agnosticdeity4687]

10:59 Are you sure there is no correlation between Nick Cage and all of those drownings? He's clearly doing something to get all of those rolls, and it's not acting ;-)

[@ScareSans]

You're right. He auditions for the parts.

[@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l]

Actually flying spiders don't have wings didn't you watch Charlotte's Web where at the end all the spiders except three get born all fly off into the air by strings of web? In retrospective it was a rather depressing movie which is why I only just remembered this when you mentioned flying spider.

[@magicalenby23]

Is John green ok he sounds not ok

[@buttersurge8047]

Can you cover “faydab” in politics?

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

It might save some time if you just had an episode or 2 on rhetoric and logical reasoning. That has nothing to do with media, but is essential for evaluating media.

[@ThunderBassistJay]

Great informative series! I've always compared different sources of information to find the most plausible. So important!

[@Iyonna_Lewis_]

I really liked this video but what are some examples of good evidence

[@rutythegames]

When John was talking about tumblr did anyone else see Bakugo?

[@Arsenik17]

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Spurious Correlation!

[@mackaarony]

is this the blank page?

[@samreenarshad601]

Huui

[@donaldsloan4943]

Go to the Skeptic Society and order the Baloney Detection Kit. It will help sort out the B.S. of the world.

[@sirBrouwer]

i work at a deli. i detect baloney all the time when i make a sandwich with it.

[@Chamelionroses]

Wiener mobiles are fun to talk about , but baloney can be not always easy to sort out. Even smart people that call themselves skeptics, doctors , and scientists can be convinced of bull ...or pormote it dishonestly. Keep at it. :)

[@sirBrouwer]

@@Chamelionroses what is not easy about baloney? you can roll a slice up and eat it like that. but you can also stak a few slices and use it for in a budged pasta dish.

[@jessw9481]

Please do a crash course history on the president for a day, atchison.

[@BLXCO]

I am autistic but I was born with it. I did not get it from vaccines, even though I live in a vax household.

[@jet687]

The sound effects for pop up window s make me nervous.

[@Goose20235]

All the dislikes come from flat earthers.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

The real question is, when will "Fart Cloud: The Movie" be coming to cinemas in Missoula?

[@1224chrisng]

3:27 rip

[@SunriseFireberry]

When CC wants to check its facts, it has the luxury of having 6 content consultants, a luxury most of the rest of us don't have. So many times it's just harder for individuals to check info...stuff. Let's get real here. It'd be nice to have 6 c c's but it ain't gonna happen. Individuals just ain't no corporation.

[@MusicalRaichu]

That's true, but don't dismiss what Mr Green is saying altogether. If a claim influences the decisions you make, like who to vote for or whether to vaccinate or whether you should take a supplement, then it's worthwhile investigating those sorts of claims because they can have a significant impact. If someone claims that there's a new deadly spider in the USA and you live in the UK for instance, then you don't need to waste time on that.

[@SunriseFireberry]

@@MusicalRaichu UK voters & their elected officials get a MASSIVE fail on checking the facts re Brexit. It'll haunt them for as long as getting involved with GW Bush & the Iraq War will. Yes, an individual putting forth an effort to discover the facts is useful & important by-times. And I just refer to the presenter as John & I don't dismiss what he says usually, though I take what he says with a grain of salt sometimes...OK sometimes 2 grains. Just like I take what 1000s of other people say. :-)

[@scienceexplains302]

You can read books, or at least experts. You can read studies on PubMed, for example.

[@Mystik3eb]

"...which by the way I think we all do on the internet in 2018" IT'S 2019 NOW JOHN GOSH /s

[@nosknut]

How should i provide evidence when i only have 280 chars?🤔

[@blinkypalermo8032]

Hmm, inspired stock photo use. This must be a crash course video!

[@benyamin6085]

A great vid, the something happened with media on general, but I think the owners of this country don't let you know everything!?!?

[@Chamelionroses]

Media literacy skills and understanding facts of thongs has always been a battle with humans reguardless whatever people labled themselves through out history. At least it seems so.

[@Chamelionroses]

Censorship has been around for a long time. Though that is why media literacy skills exist, balony detectors, and so on.

[@benyamin6085]

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