Interesting topic for this month's BlogHer NaBloPoMo, especially in light of all the misinformation that is constantly being spewed at me from every direction -- KNOW.
All I know is that I know nothing, sure. When it's time to find some things out, that's when all the balloons go right out the window. I end up asking the same questions over and over again: Is anything well curated? Can any news source be trusted? Does anyone know how to think critically? Do we know what's really going on -- or are we so buried in a never-ending avalanche of consumerism, branding, punditry and reality TV that we don't even care anymore?
All of this is compounded by those who don't know how to listen, those who don't know how to talk, those who don't know the difference between an opinion and a fact -- and of course, bad nutrition. You can't think clearly if you don't get all the nutrients you need.
What's the first sign of bad nutrition? Apathy.
I think I know and then I keep digging and I know more -- or less. Not opinions. Because repeating your opinion over and over again authoritatively won't make it a fact. To wit: Obama is not a secret Muslim. There were never any death panel provisions in Obamacare. Planned Parenthood is not selling baby parts. Blah, blah, blah.
I am intellectually curious. I keep asking stupid questions and I'm not ever really satisfied with the answers I get. They usually lead to something else to get curious about. I pull the string until the whole sweater comes undone -- and then I go and start picking something else apart...
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