Do you verify your source of information?
Most of the Taiwanese people of my age are brought up by one-way brainwashing from teachers and text books. Teachers taught us history, mathematics, Manderin, geography and we had monthly tests. Those tests always had one and only one correct answer. Kids with good test grades were "good" kids. Under years of this personality molding, as a result, most of the Taiwanese people of my age take the information for granted without thinking its validity.
Once I thought things could get better over time, but now I think this system is bringing down the future of Taiwan. Actually, most of the countries have similar problems. In school, education becomes a tool of government to go on with certain propaganda. After school, TV takes over and goes on with the propaganda of other groups.
Don't just take my words. Think if
- you take so-called "good food supplement" without checking the claim
- you still believe history is fact
- you believe in whatever doctors tell you
- you think so-called "professionals" really know something you do not know
- you watch TV news or newspapers and believe the stories
- you believe in so-called science and experiments.
I have a really bad habit of questioning what people claim to be truth. What you see is just an observation from one angle and it may not be the truth at all. It is at best a fact. Unless you have all the facts from all angles, you cannot possibly come close to the real truth.
History writers, unfortunately, are not free to write whatever they can. They all live under some kind of government so go figure.
Numbers of scientific experiments depends how samples are picked so they can be biased.
TV stories can be made with reporters and actors to improve rating.
Doctors can be someone who did just D in all subjects.
Professionals lacks common sense most of the times.
We all know how movies are made right? What you see is not the original take. What you see if after the director's cut and special effect processing. Similarly, information presented to us is pretty much like a movie. Just give it a common-sense check before you decide to believe in something.
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Once I thought things could get better over time, but now I think this system is bringing down the future of Taiwan. Actually, most of the countries have similar problems. In school, education becomes a tool of government to go on with certain propaganda. After school, TV takes over and goes on with the propaganda of other groups.
Don't just take my words. Think if
- you take so-called "good food supplement" without checking the claim
- you still believe history is fact
- you believe in whatever doctors tell you
- you think so-called "professionals" really know something you do not know
- you watch TV news or newspapers and believe the stories
- you believe in so-called science and experiments.
I have a really bad habit of questioning what people claim to be truth. What you see is just an observation from one angle and it may not be the truth at all. It is at best a fact. Unless you have all the facts from all angles, you cannot possibly come close to the real truth.
History writers, unfortunately, are not free to write whatever they can. They all live under some kind of government so go figure.
Numbers of scientific experiments depends how samples are picked so they can be biased.
TV stories can be made with reporters and actors to improve rating.
Doctors can be someone who did just D in all subjects.
Professionals lacks common sense most of the times.
We all know how movies are made right? What you see is not the original take. What you see if after the director's cut and special effect processing. Similarly, information presented to us is pretty much like a movie. Just give it a common-sense check before you decide to believe in something.
mm
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