How We Create Our Own Fake News
Many of us might have already noticed that it is hard to distinguish fake information from facts. There are so many numbers, charts, and opinions that we can easily get lost in it. I want to share a video, which describes how the things we hear, change the way we see the whole world.
Questions:
If you were to make a conclusion out of this video, what would it be?
Are you more of an optimist, or pessimist?
Has this presentation changed the way you will interpret what the media and other people say?
Comments
Hi!
"People are making mistakes when they are trying to accurately describe reality."
Are you more of an optimist, or pessimist?
The question has been asked on the other presentation and I hope my answers are consistent because my mood often swings back and forth. I'd say that I'm an optimist rather than a pessimist. I do have some hopes about the future and I believe it is possible that they will come true.
Has this presentation changed the way you will interpret what the media and other people say?
Not really, I have already known that we are prone to misinterpreting reality. I try to make as few opinions about the world as I can which can be very hard. I also try to focus on important matters and do in-depth research.
It would be the fact that how we perceive the world is not necessarily how the world actually is. Everything we think about the world and even about ourselves is a subjective point of view. And does not need to match with other peoples' perspective. Therefore because you are right does not always mean others are wrong and vice versa. It all because we all grew up in different environment and experiences from them are actually the factor that builds how we perceive the world.
2.Are you more of an optimist, or pessimist?
I am a realist but if I have to choose one here I would rather say pessimist. It is because I am an overthinker and I always have worse case scenarios in my head before anything happens. Sometimes it is good because I am prepared for the worst and I am not surprised but on the other hands sometimes it stops me from doing what should be done.
3.Has this presentation changed the way you will interpret what the media and other people say?
I think this presentation is very valuable, because it helped me to understand how my brain work. To understand why in my head my childhood was so beautiful. I do not even remember the rainy days, only the sunny, golden hour evenings, peoples' smile and daily explorations and adventures. The video for sure had an impact on how I will interpret further informations either from media or other poeple. To remember that my view of the world is not how other people see the world.
"The question has been asked on the other presentation and I hope my answers are consistent because my mood often swings back and forth." - well, at least try to accurately describe reality :D
About your 3rd answer, I think that we should anyway make our own opinions, but based on the facts. It's because we cannot state facts about the future, but we can state our opinion as a forecast of what could happen. Making opinions/forecasts, especially correct ones, can help us in making decisions which we make today, but will last for longer time.
I would even extend what you wrote in your answer to the 1st question. We not only grew up in different environments, but we also live differently. We make our own bubbles, because our closest friends are often people that are in similar situation: same job, same school, same city or same age. However, we (as most of us here are IT guys) can't accurately describe life of people who for example grow plants. We might make some statements about them and agree together with our friends, but the reality could be different, because we all live in same bubble. That is actually what politics often do - tell us how to live, while they were never in our situation.
I'm very happy that you liked this presentation and that it was valuable for you.
I also know KiKŚ and I have to agree that the work of Łukasz is simply amazing. Whenether something important is happening, he immediately publishes most important news. It seems that I am reading this page since 5 years or even more.