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A lot of truth in this
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Amen to that! Teach our kids that having fun is the ultimate goal. Give them all the toys (electronics?) they want, ignore the development of personal responsibility, be the "cool parent", don't ask them questions that require them to analyze anything.
Let them get their "facts" from social media feeds without asking "Is that really true?". Then, to garner as many "likes" as possible, they pass the social media junk to everyone on their contact list, who do the same.
the list goes on ...
Basil - thank you for posting this. As a former teacher, I wish this video's content were discussed in small groups, face to face, everywhere. Not on social media, where discussion is rarely critical, and often irrationally confrontational.
We're not born stupid - we're allowed to act stupid. We're all born with muscles and brains - but if not challenged, stretched, and developed, the muscles and brains atrophy.
Let them get their "facts" from social media feeds without asking "Is that really true?". Then, to garner as many "likes" as possible, they pass the social media junk to everyone on their contact list, who do the same.
the list goes on ...
Basil - thank you for posting this. As a former teacher, I wish this video's content were discussed in small groups, face to face, everywhere. Not on social media, where discussion is rarely critical, and often irrationally confrontational.
We're not born stupid - we're allowed to act stupid. We're all born with muscles and brains - but if not challenged, stretched, and developed, the muscles and brains atrophy.
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Yep, in the days before all the tech and uninvolved parents learning to think, question and compare/contrast divergent opinions was expected. My teachers when I was a kid and teen in the 60s and 70s were mostly veterans going back to WW2 and expected us to be able to justify what we presented. For me than meant reading both current events in the paper and news magazines and history to try to understand how things ended up the way they were then. I still do that using the expanded resources of the net but knowing that background helps judge what's probably true in what's presented as i form opinions. I can't just sit back watch a 2 minute video or an "influencer" and let it go with that. And it helps you recognize idiots when you know background of the subject they may be expounding on.
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Mike - my parents and teachers did the same. "Where'd you read that? How do you know it's true?"
Today - most folks stare at their screens, and swipe from one thing in their "feed" to another, without reading the details.
Ask them how they know something's true and you get a blank stare.
yeesh
Today - most folks stare at their screens, and swipe from one thing in their "feed" to another, without reading the details.
Ask them how they know something's true and you get a blank stare.
yeesh
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I pretty much just gave up on that concept.
Just wish they would stop breeding.
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Trying to find a polite way to point this out:
In 2024, 80.5 percent of people aged between 65 and 74 years old were registered to vote in the United States - the highest share of any age group.
Not just young people who have lost the power of critical thinking.
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It's not just critical thinking, regardless of age. (and registered to vote doesn't mean they actually voted)
It's an educational system that doesn't teach critical thinking, and a cultural sickness of seeking pleasure and getting "informed" by social media and algorithmic news feeds - that depends on loss of critical thinking.
www.apu.apus.edu
It's an educational system that doesn't teach critical thinking, and a cultural sickness of seeking pleasure and getting "informed" by social media and algorithmic news feeds - that depends on loss of critical thinking.
Social Media Impact: How Social Media Sites Affect Society
Social media impact – how does it affect people in society? This article explains the origin of social media and its positive and negative effects.
www.apu.apus.edu
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We are doomed.
mikephillips
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What does really concern me is that with AI expanding and so many bad folks out there in the world we'll reach a point where we won't know what to believe happened or not, is true or not unless you were actually there. Taking some public figure, or even just some unknown and show them making a remark or action from what looks like a person's phone or security cam, knowing what's really real will be tough.
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Speaking of which, don’t ever answer an unknown call. Let it go to voicemail. There’s a scam now where the scammer will record someone’s voice, just saying a few simple things., Then use AI to replicate that person’s voice saying all sorts of things.
You will get a phone call from a loved one that sounds just like your loved ones saying that they are in trouble and need you to send money or some such thing. This type of scheme has already happened.
Be careful out there. It’s a crazy new world.
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That has always been the big question discussed by critical thinkers and white washed over by the people who are pushing it.
Be aware about everything and question everything.
For me, I don't think the world needs such a dangerous weapon.
mikephillips
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I let everything that isn't in my phone book roll over too, plus don't have a personally recorded "I'm not available" message since they can use that with AI to duplicate your voice. Being 45 years in IT, it has changed so much from the days when you'd get an email asking for money to get a prince's crate of cash out of the airport or such. Stats say that young folks in particular are targets for this stuff since they're used to answering everything and never watched how scamming sophistication has grown.
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We'll end up with AI doing stuff and from there being abused, for simply one reason, money. For many it is the ability to scam, for businesses it is being able to create or service their product without needing to have so many salaries, health insurance, buildings with their costs and so on. What studio wouldn't use it if instead of paying millions to "stars" and staff, building sets and going places and spending a year making a film, they could have an idea and out the door in a couple weeks or a month.
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I just got an email yesterday with a variant of that.
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On the theme of critical thinking, it appears the photographer responsible for this image, a fireman in Belgium, stated it was intended as a joke. A search of "fire hose across railroad tracks" leads to several websites with similar stories:
"Hey, this past week our funny photo went viral throughout the whole world. Thousands of shares and likes in many different countries! Once and for all: the picture was taken in Belgium, in a small village called Bornem.
"After a minor intervention, we had some time left near the railway to make this picture. Since there were no trains running at all for a week due to maintenance works, we can state that our joke was a real success! Thanks to our entire team, 2nd sqdn Firefighters Bornem!"
So while the current teaching of critical thinking may not be up to snuff - the world still has a sense of humor.