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Originally Posted by ygolo
So how do you choose your sources?
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Ones that I can find most easily. Google, wikipedia links, college library books, etc.
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Do you look at what the established experts in their fields say?
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I'm usually not sure who the "established experts are", so can't really answer this effectively.
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Do you specifically look at the contrarian view points?
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I don't specifically look for opposing viewpoints from the start, but i assume there are some and if I seesuch a viewpoint, i will look at them.
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or Do you look for sources who say what it is you want to believe?
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This kind of switches on and off. I know its a bias, sometimes this bias is stronger than my 'avoidance response", sometimes the avoidance response is stronger.
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Who do you trust? Why do you trust them?
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I tend to assume there is some grain of truth in what most people are saying, but generally rely on seeing a lot of sources to work out what is most likely to be true. Of course, if someone has an obvious political bias, or seems to be taking things a bit extreme, etc., I'll read the source with this in mind.