How do you know what you think you know is correct?

It's all in the facts.

from JoeUser Forums

Peer reviewed scientific papers as the sources … or any normal encyclopedia will do nicely for most generic discussions … my answer for the title question. The question to ask is always ‘what are your sources’??? Potholer54 on YouTube has a large assortment of clips that debunk many creation myths as well as others simply and scientifically. Amazing what doing a little of one’s own research, applying a little common sense and thinking for oneself can do to filter much of the hype before one commits to it. I am not sure people know how easy it is to fraudulently present things for public consumption, with the express purpose of making the experts appear to oppose of their own views.

TV tricks of the trade -- Quotes and cutaways   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07NMglQX6gE

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

How many things do you retain from earlier times in life when you weren’t as discriminating as you are now? They used to call them old wives’ tales back in the day which originated in the oral tradition of storytelling as did many other things. The stories did not attempt to moralize, but to teach lessons and make difficult concepts like death or coming of age easy for children to understand. Also these stories are used to scare children so they don't do certain things. These tales were often collected by literate men, and turned into written works … who would have thought that? Other names are urban legends, proverbs, superstitions, folklore, maxims, aphorisms and other unverified claims. I am guessing we all have a few of those jewels floating around inside somewhere. Oh yea … barroom wisdom too. This clip is a demonstration of how easy it is to debunk a source on your own … just remember to ask “what is your source”. Why would anyone hide their sources because I cannot think of any good reason not to, but deceit comes readily to mind???

Why the media screw up science Part 1: Sources   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnZ1l5TxJk&list=PL5869CAD3D169BDFE

 

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

For a long time I was a skeptic concerning AGW, not that man wasn’t contributing mind you, but that it wasn’t the driving force. It just takes a while to open one’s eyes long enough to actually see for ourselves. I have trumpeted the cause of many dogmatic views simply because I was dogmatic in my own views and much of them were made from ‘bad evidence’. I am the trusting sort and tend to take people at their word. The only dogmatic conundrums that have plagued my life were Catholicism which totally destroyed any Christianity I had and politics which almost destroyed my sanity. Well I am tired of having to changing my mind because I had made bad choices based on tainted or completely wrong ‘evidence’. So in light of the post, I will be presenting some of the things I have had to re-evaluate based on the scientific data … not the hype. With my scientific background I was well familiar with things like +/- feedback, thermodynamics and fluid flow, electronics, nuclear physics and more. I just didn’t apply what I already knew to what was being hyped … because I was ‘already convinced’ … so why bother (the poison of dogma). This is the first clip in a series on Climate change for anyone after the real scientific debate … among scientists … not the talking heads.

 

1. Climate Change -- the scientific debate   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52KLGqDSAjo&list=PLA4F0994AFB057BB8

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