Lie-proof your life with Carl Sagans baloney detection checklist

[HAB911]

We don’t live in a post-truth era, despite claims to the contrary. Facts exist as stubbornly as they did before. But we do live in a time when highly-placed people in government and media are actively undermining the idea that there is such a thing as verifiable truth by propagating untruths at dizzying speeds. You can call these falsehoods “weaponized lies,” as the psychologist Daniel J. Levitin does. Or you can call them what the late astronomer Carl Sagan might have: baloney.

https://qz.com/959775/carl-sagans-baloney-detection-kit-can-help-you-spot-fake-news-and-weaponized-lies/

[mopinko]

1. one of my favorite books of all time.

"demon haunted world" is a razor for bullshit.

[PJMcK]

2. Great article

Thanks for the link, HAB911. The article contains a link to the internet archive of Dr. Sagan's complete work, "Demon Haunted World."

It's truly frightening how our culture has lost its critical thinking skills.