your countries does truth exist with a
capital T how do we shake our truth or
we limited by our perceptions well not
only understand the world but we
understand the world through our senses
but the Canon we actually trust it so
what do you see are you sure with a
I can’t do today there was actually not
a prompt but we would recommend me what
watch and Dolls
population in – but who is correct
well everyone so what it has to do with
is how our brain processes lungs and
then actually smoke right but become
really trust what we see what about what
we read being an English literature
teacher I had to bring in my favorite
novel and before I talk about it novels
are importantly usually like characters
because the author wanted us to like the
character characters are constructed so
I want to talk about Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein with Frankenstein we follow
the Frankenstein’s narrative for the
first five chapters and then the
creature or his monster awakens and we
hear his perspective on us and he uses
terrible language like it was a
catastrophe
he calls his monster wretch he calls his
skin yellow and a baby covered his
muscles and his eyes are done white
sockets and here the shriveled
complexion so we start thinking that he
is a monster
however later on in the novel she
switches perspective to the creature and
we find out the preachers perspective of
the moment he awakes and he uses such
beautiful and articulate language things
like he said it is with considerable
difficulty that I remember the original
era of my being and he sees things a
strange not a signatory a strange
multiplicity of sensations easements are
really beautiful and sophisticated and
he was darkness surrounded him he felt
troubled and then he sat down and wept
so once again how our sympathy changes
and by this stage of a story we are more
concerned about the creature that dr.
Frankenstein it’s normal we know it is
not going to be true it’s a piece of
fiction
so when Tom asked you what about a
little information
we live in an age where we actually have
all the answers absolute ups so what
happens if I want to find out a capital
of most of the country in Africa I put
it here to Google and I get a lot of
information I find out it’s moving I
found out more information about the
country I get a little and information
about the capital what about if I want
to change the time but they didn’t and I
even get three different YouTube videos
demonstrating how to do it so we have
all this information it is a reliable
Cavatina so the term floating around
that answer you mean it have been made
well how can I tell you something’s a
little bit faith party favor 100% fake
all the faith for the terrible purposes
so fake news that exist and it sometimes
really difficult to tell if something is
fake or not
and that is because it’s made to
resemble credible journalism and it is
to circulate around social media and
with advertising so it generates money
it’s a long mm see if we can figure it
out right human need founded McDonald’s
meat factory farm so it looks like a
credible a 10-8 however how do I know
it’s not well I would say that a picture
of us universe could actually maybe
Jesus fear so we immediately stop
questioning the validity I think oh no
maybe I shouldn’t need to McDonald’s
what about a mindful daily USA info well
as information so maybe it’s great it
limits credible news side saying
breaking here we can’t and personally
funded and defend terrorists well you
see breaking so many times in the news
maybe it is true but I would like to
talk about the very tragic Las Vegas
shooting and there was a lot of
miscommunication of misinformation food
around e to the point that the wrong
perpetrators were identified so pictures
like this was circulating around and
even even mainstream media the attack on
it and it took once they erased it the
correct person it took so long for the
information the correct information to
capture even basins were we’re floating
around and my concern well I think it
was encouraging thing is that I found
this article on BBC online and they said
they reached out to these people and
said why are you doing this why are you
spreading misinformation and I’m
surprising it did not respond but now
what happen with all this information
moving around well my concern is
vigilante bay and a very good example of
this is post charlotte filled junior
supreme white supremist Reggie’s Cilla
warrants activists really wanted to name
and shame the people that took place so
they started circulating pictures and
people started trying to make links and
trying to identify who could be who and
this professor was refused of being at
the ring he had to go into hiding for a
few days and it took much liner for the
correct information to come add a
soldier quickly for a period what should
you watchful always be careful of
articles that promote fear because fear
makes you overlook that
it’s a reaction that makes you feel
threatened so you ignore everything else
check the right ones down ask yourself
is it clear is it coherent does it
behind for grammatical rules if the
answer is no I think you know your
answer the blame game my challenge when
there’s one person that you have to put
all your hand on because then you get
normal facts also watch our for
generalizations because there are
blanket terms hiding the lack of fact
and always channel source right sir
that’s faking but what about reputable
news sites they are meant to keep the
audience interested but how do they do
this
and still deliver accurate news so the
last year’s election exposed a lot of
misinformation and a lot of what the way
information was telling now in a
pre-election ready
there was a Donald Trump of accused of
marking a disabled reporter let’s watch
don’t rock facing new criticism for
something he did on the campaign trail
last night in South Carolina while the
fact he can debunk claim that he saw
thousands of Muslims celebrate the Klan
to the twin towers here in New York in
here tomorrow reporter with the
disability
take a look another book I ever see this
guy ever party is talking about his
Serge kovaleski who now works video our
times as you can see right here he
suffers from a chronic condition and
impairs movement of his arms a time
spokesman says they find it outrageous
that Trump would ridicule the man’s
appearance right sub did Trevor mock the
reporter I believe he done because my
vegetable news science told me that he
did but he claimed he did not do it
intentionally so hard to change her
friend who encouraged me to consider out
of the sources I thought was what was
really interesting is that the program
science said that this is actually his
default gesture he uses when he doesn’t
agree with what the person so maybe it
was intentional maybe it wasn’t I will
never know that what I learned from that
is to explore sources but politics is
always up for debate one of our science
does the media in it right so in July
2016
there was a trial that was done and
newspapers in the UK reported on it they
said this was a miracle drug it was that
a Hulk out farmers even reverse some of
effect however across the Atlantic in
the States and he said things like it
was and it was it was faltering the
trial was the fun there was no truth to
it but it was correct
well actually the states were correct
and Alzheimer’s UK have said that the
may be one of the reason that the
newspapers focused on positive elements
is that in the trial it was a very small
number that showed promise but too small
to make a solid conclusion but what
about they debate there’s always the
debate what diet sorry the dark which
debate we started you follow you do
though friends all low-carbohydrate so
another of the scientific study was done
and published in a journal and two new
science pig down on it and one said no
factors away the next one zip nada low
carb is the way they’ve been reporting
on the same time so I feel a bit I don’t
have a look into it but the problem is I
am an English teacher I wrote my husband
into helping me and the more we looked
at the original study the more you
realize that the state was too small
there were 19 people it was too short
they stayed and that didn’t really make
sense even for me so actually this was
not even newsworthy but there must have
been a slow news day so to sum up if you
can remember please no information
you always reflect on the material even
if it is from your usual vegetable
source and consider who is posting it be
careful of articles promoting fear be
vigilant and keep asking questions so
what has happened to our truth well I’ll
think if I’ve proved anything our truth
is actually being reported on someone
else with their perceptions and their
interpretations and I hope you keep that
in mind and finally I’d like to leave
you with this quotation the science of
psychology has taught us human beings
are not a major threat a factor of
irrational beings we like to think we
are we in fact are more often than we
think we do and we do to improve
dateable ways we engage in wishful
thinking we embrace information and
supports our beliefs and rejects reject
evidence that challenges them thank you [Applause]