Thursday, December 29, 2005
Myths We Live By
John Stossel is doing a bit in 20/20 Friday night about common myths and he is previewing it at RealClearPolitics. He lists his Top 10 foolish myths, three of which are right up Blogotional's alley:
- No. 6. Chemicals are killing us. (Blogotional comment: I hate to break this to you, but you are made of chemicals, they sustain you as well as kill you, hmmm)
- No. 4: We're drowning in garbage. (Blogotional comment: in the first place, you cannot really "drown" in a solid, in the second, were this true, how come I can drive from here to almost anywhere and not see any?)
- No. 3: We're destroying our forests. (Blogotional comment: of course, that explains all those trees I see out there.)
All this leads me to wonder, is it better to know nothing about a subject instead of too little? Might seem so. These myths are all based on facts, the myth arises not from the fact but from the spin. People are willing to buy the spin because it requires too much effort to truly understand. Is the answer to supply more information or just to shut up?
