I’m receiving ever-more angry barking and name-calling instead of explanations from those advocating political positions across the entire spectrum. Also,it seems that we should give the phrase “I don’t know” a formal official burial this year. The phrase has disappeared from social media, along with its siblings, humility and self-critical thought.
This post was inspired by this Tweet by Geoffrey Miller:
In the Age of “Alternative Facts,” one should always be prepared to have their or assertions challenged for factual support. The difficulty is that with the onset of the very idea of “alternative facts,” all too often “truth” appears to be more of a tribal choice rather than objectivively verifiable reality.