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shockey80

(4,379 posts) Thu Oct 26, 2017, 01:16 PM Oct 2017

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The information age has made us contrariwise.

It has made many of us less informed and/or misinformed. The irony of life.

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The information age has made us contrariwise. (Original Post) shockey80 Oct 2017 OP

No it hasn't Xipe Totec Oct 2017 #1

See! rock Oct 2017 #2

I disagree ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #3

We are slightly better informed ... dawg Oct 2017 #4

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

1. No it hasn't

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 01:22 PM

Oct 2017

rock

(13,218 posts)

2. See!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 02:37 PM

Oct 2017

Just joking.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

3. I disagree

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 03:03 PM

Oct 2017

It has underscored the difference between those with critical thinking skills and those without critical thinking skills.

dawg

(10,624 posts)

4. We are slightly better informed ...

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 03:18 PM

Oct 2017

and profoundly more arrogant. Expert opinion is dismissed in favor of our own "gut" feelings.

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