Comment on Social media is becoming infested with climate change denial and misinformation

snekerpimp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Buttflapper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The difference is that flat Earth theory people were honestly very few and far between. There were not a whole lot of these people around, but now, it seems like at least a quarter of the population if not more Don’t believe in climate change, because if you look at every election in the USA, it’s damn close. That means about 40 to 48% of the population honestly believes the bullshit that the far-right conservatives are pushing on them. Just look at Florida if you need any example. Banning books like we are in the 1800s, now they took down information that has the words climate change off of the official state websites, which is extremely dangerous after a major storms have decimated entire towns and cities. And people still won’t believe it

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  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There is no difference, flat-earth was the test. It showed that with little effort duping people online is easy because our educational system does not teach critical thinking.

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The education system can’t and won’t ever teach “critical thinking” because the point of education is indoctrination and control.

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      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Can’t tell if fascist who wants to religiously indoctrinate their children in isolation, or has legitimate, sane issues.

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      • moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Education is learning critical thinking. People, politics, corpos, etc. use the education system for propaganda and indoctrination. The education isn’t how people receive it. It’s important to not mix them, otherwise you’re already in the indoctrination process.

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    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Critical thinking and how to cross check your sources to verify if something is true are invaluable skills.

      I graduated high school in 2006 and we had to learn both of those in order write research papers. I grew up in a blue state, and went to public school. My English teacher also taught us that “anyone can get a book published, or write an article online, so always cross check your sources and make sure they aren’t making stuff up.”

      They taught us those skills so we could write papers for college, but I feel like they’re even more important now just for navigating the internet.

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