You know, I think you hit the nail on the head. All of this is kind of overwhelming to me, sometimes. It's a massive amount of information to try to take in. And it's like for every post that turns out to be credible, I go through 10 others that turned out to be bogus.
I wish I could find an honest version of snopes, like you said. And people in hell wish for ice water.
But I am most likely too critical. Just getting information out is an ongoing battle. I just get frustrated with everything sometimes because I don't have the time to dig as much as I need to in order to understand much of this.
But on the other hand, I think people who post here have the responsibility of doing at least the minimum amount of work to verify the info they spread.
I'm working on a history paper and just came across a quote that reminded me of you.
"...so that some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity," -- Tacitus (AD 56-120).
You know, I think you hit the nail on the head. All of this is kind of overwhelming to me, sometimes. It's a massive amount of information to try to take in. And it's like for every post that turns out to be credible, I go through 10 others that turned out to be bogus.
I wish I could find an honest version of snopes, like you said. And people in hell wish for ice water.
But I am most likely too critical. Just getting information out is an ongoing battle. I just get frustrated with everything sometimes because I don't have the time to dig as much as I need to in order to understand much of this.
But on the other hand, I think people who post here have the responsibility of doing at least the minimum amount of work to verify the info they spread.
I'm working on a history paper and just came across a quote that reminded me of you.
"...so that some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity," -- Tacitus (AD 56-120).
There is nothing new under the sun, my friend.
Cool quote.