Since I was quite little, I was told to learn the way of thinking,and the ability of "think independently". From the serious faces of my parents, I kind of feel the importance of learning it, but with no idea about it. Then I grow up, knowing that able to "think independently" offers you the chances to be not blinded by various sources of information, and some of the sources are not that reliable, which means there is a probability that the information is faked.
As I first get in touch with the Internet, I obviously was surprised by the booming information. And some of them are definitely not true (and I realized this fact after a few years). Since I was quite naive and had no experiences with these info, I believed all of them by the time I saw it.
Let's get back to our topic, "The influence of social media bias".
Is my experience shown above a good example of how easy the social media can control our mind? Does that mean we are not able to think for ourselves because we trust the Internet so much?
It seems so.
But it is not.
I mean, Internet is not the only component of our lives. The real live experiences is the thing that really provide you the ability of distinguishing things. That's why adult can tell the essence of one thing easier than the teenagers.
And also, people are getting used to all the lies around them. We can see this kind of news all the day：
As we getting familiar with this, the lies that on the Internet seems not working. Because we are already built the ability to tell the difference between the truth and the lie.
So am I, after a first year and second year of exploration on the Internet, I know how to think for myself now, and think pretty well. Fake news are not blinding me anymore because I have experience and I know how to think independently.
Just in case if you think you are not think independently, read this:
https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-ways-to-develop-independent-thought/
As I first get in touch with the Internet, I obviously was surprised by the booming information. And some of them are definitely not true (and I realized this fact after a few years). Since I was quite naive and had no experiences with these info, I believed all of them by the time I saw it.
Let's get back to our topic, "The influence of social media bias".
Is my experience shown above a good example of how easy the social media can control our mind? Does that mean we are not able to think for ourselves because we trust the Internet so much?
It seems so.
But it is not.
I mean, Internet is not the only component of our lives. The real live experiences is the thing that really provide you the ability of distinguishing things. That's why adult can tell the essence of one thing easier than the teenagers.
And also, people are getting used to all the lies around them. We can see this kind of news all the day：
Typical fraud
As we getting familiar with this, the lies that on the Internet seems not working. Because we are already built the ability to tell the difference between the truth and the lie.
So am I, after a first year and second year of exploration on the Internet, I know how to think for myself now, and think pretty well. Fake news are not blinding me anymore because I have experience and I know how to think independently.
Just in case if you think you are not think independently, read this:
https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-ways-to-develop-independent-thought/
