Ecomyths is a blog designed to help people think for themselves. Empirical data are contrasted with theories to examine axiomatic myths: ideas taken to be so well accepted that they don't need to be proven. It seeks to change ideas, correct fallacies and challenge dominant constructs by having people read, think and reflect for themselves about contemporary issues. Facts don't change your perspective. Your perspective changes your facts.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Resist the Echo Chamber of Confirmation Bias and Presumptive Thought
Nothing like politics to constrain + manifest social media as an echo
chamber of presumption + confirmation bias. Such a massive waste of
technology. People are seriously afraid to think for themselves, to
cast a wide net in what they read, watch + listen to. Change is not our
enemy. Throughout history, progress is the manifestation of change +
intellectual growth. What is the point of education if all it does is
confine + bully people into an acceptance of presumptive narratives
and memes? Educational indoctrination breeds convergence and followers,
not creative, dynamic learners. The world is not static and the future
needs divergent, creative thinkers, not drones who conflate a GPA with
actual understanding and comprehension. The echo chamber is the
intellectual closed mind. It is a norm that deserves and requires our
active resistance.