How Can We
Know Real Truth?
The best way is
to use what has worked. Ask around, but ask the most
knowledgeable sources, those respected by their
peers who use the same method that has taught us so
much, that has accomplished so much. That method is
science.
How Can We
Trust the Scientists?
Good question
because they're all human and, occasionally, a very
few will abandon their usual search for truth and
turn towards a search for glory. Again, ask around,
but ask their peers.
What Can We
Trust On The Web?
The best way is
to use what has worked. Ask around, but again, ask
the trustworthy, those who have something to lose,
those that aren't selling snake oil or its
equivalent, those who have done real science, maybe
in another field.
Realize the web
has both made us smarter by providing more access to
information, but made many dumber by letting them
believe bizarre things.
If major orgs
like the Cancer society, CDC.gov and others have
positions on an item, take it with more weight than
some doctor who has published a book but is not
respected by their peers. That says a lot.
Remember, the
web is chalk full of crackpots and misinformation
using websites that look super slick, super
convincing and are super unbelievable. |