Deeper Dive into
Unverifiable Claims
“4 out of 5 dentists agree…”
“Today’s modern woman wants to feel comfortable yet sophisticated.”
“The public demands that we…”
“People say that…”
It helps to catch all the times advertisers and others try to get us to accept something as fact because they know most of the time we’re not really paying attention, or we’ll never get around to verifying whether it’s true or not.
What are we noticing?
We are noticing when we get fooled when blindly accepting something as fact.
We are noticing that we already have a sensibility of what’s believable and what isn’t.
Insights
People Say…
We hear this constantly when people are being interviewed on TV. I always want to know who are these people who say that?
We also know that when we hear something repeated over and over and over, or people have tagged something with a name or slogan, we can inadvertantly accept it as true if we’re not paying close attention.
Fact Checking
There are many times we’ll hear something being said and we have a good sense that it’s probably true or not.
It can also be very easy to fact check something, especially quotes that are attributed to someone. Take a quote your hear online and google it and you’ll often get immediate results because other people have already searched for “Is it true XX said YY?” Try it. Ask Siri, Alexa, Cortana.
What can we do right now?
As we are hearing things being said, “keep an eye open” for deception. 😀
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Get out there and practice, practice, practice thinking clearly with your friends and family. Help refine what people say rather than reject it. Try to say what you want in the form of a question. You can also send people here and not say a word. The huge benefit from all this is that it won’t be long until people and the world won’t be able to mess with you anymore. People will notice that about you and will want to know how you did it. Be strong and have your own ideas, style and identity. We’re all in this together.