{"id":8446,"date":"2016-07-06T07:11:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2016-07-03T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T16:23:19","slug":"research-before-reacting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2016\/07\/06\/research-before-reacting\/","title":{"rendered":"Research BEFORE reacting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend posted this article on Facebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/03\/24\/1196694\/-Everything-wrong-with-this-country-happened-this-morning-on-my-Facebook-page\">Everything wrong with this country happened this morning on my Facebook page<\/a>, which showed an image with the original erroneous claim. The reactions to it were agreement with the bogus claim. Which was extremely sad because the originator of the claim\u00c2\u00a0now\u00c2\u00a0refutes it. The whole point of the article seems to be that people seem to have lost the ability to see\u00c2\u00a0something, research for themselves the accuracy of the information, and make a decision about it. Instead people see things which evoke\u00c2\u00a0a feeling and react to the emotions instead of taking the time to verify. Even when that thing is trying to point out they are falling for stupid things corrected over a decade, but the false version resonates so strongly people perpetuate it because <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/business\/2008\/09\/does-ideology-trump-facts-studies-say-it-often-does\/\">ideology trumps facts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You need evidence. \u00c2\u00a0You must go back somewhere in our objective world of definable objects and time frames and get EVIDENCE before you have an emotional reaction to something. \u00c2\u00a0Not ONE SINGLE PERSON went and researched. \u00c2\u00a0They had their opinions ready when the manufactured reality presented itself. \u00c2\u00a0They gained more satisfaction from expressing their world view than searching for the truth. \u00c2\u00a0This is the problem we&#8217;re having. \u00c2\u00a0This is the core of the problem America is having. \u00c2\u00a0If we just searched for objective truth, if we stopped our anger or our emotions for a singular second we wouldn&#8217;t have Iraq wars and Afghanistan wars and we&#8217;d have an equitable economic system that brought about prosperity to all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think a lot about this kind of thing. Some of my posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2013\/12\/09\/evidence\/\">Evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2012\/06\/22\/ideological-identity\/\">Ideological Identity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2012\/01\/16\/the-enemys-pov\/\">Enemy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s POV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>P.S. Snopes and Google are your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend posted this article on Facebook, Everything wrong with this country happened this morning on my Facebook page, which showed an image with the original erroneous claim. The reactions to it were agreement with the bogus claim. Which was extremely sad because the originator of the claim\u00c2\u00a0now\u00c2\u00a0refutes it. 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