07-02-2015, 12:53 PM
Immediate access to an enormous volume of media reports via the internet can prompt people to question whether things are happening more frequently or whether we're instead just seeing/hearing about those things more often. That's true.
I've asked myself that question in regards to many different topics. So, since the internet also supplies me with immediate access to a massive amount of validated/cited data and facts, I simply check to see which is true, as I suspect millions of others do.
The internet doesn't make people think anything. Neither the internet nor media is responsible for some individuals' inability or unwillingness to pursue objective knowledge, to apply critical thinking, or to simply exercise common sense when assuming a position or making an argument. That's an individual choice and/or weakness which has been around since before the internet, just like child shootings.
And.........speaking of failure to exercise common sense, police departments are using media to issue warnings to the numbskulls who figure it's a good idea to carry around a new Smart Phone case that looks like a gun.
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Cops want them banned because they look real enough that it could force an LEO to open fire in reasonable belief that a threat is posed.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/07/02/p...hone-case/
I've asked myself that question in regards to many different topics. So, since the internet also supplies me with immediate access to a massive amount of validated/cited data and facts, I simply check to see which is true, as I suspect millions of others do.
The internet doesn't make people think anything. Neither the internet nor media is responsible for some individuals' inability or unwillingness to pursue objective knowledge, to apply critical thinking, or to simply exercise common sense when assuming a position or making an argument. That's an individual choice and/or weakness which has been around since before the internet, just like child shootings.
And.........speaking of failure to exercise common sense, police departments are using media to issue warnings to the numbskulls who figure it's a good idea to carry around a new Smart Phone case that looks like a gun.
Cops want them banned because they look real enough that it could force an LEO to open fire in reasonable belief that a threat is posed.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/07/02/p...hone-case/