Comments on: The Free Information Age http://ryanshinn.com/2009/10/08/the-free-information-age/ Let's blog about it! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://ryanshinn.com/2009/10/08/the-free-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-133 admin Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:04:49 +0000 http://ryanshinn.com/?p=460#comment-133 I am not sure that I understand what you are saying here...please clarify, if you would. I think that the Right is currently pretty convinced of conspiracies as well. All you have to do is listen to talk radio (which I do, and like actually) for an hour or so. The "skepticism of information" that I am discussing is not really tied to the 9/11 and Bush Derangement Syndrome, but actually an approach to information in general. To illustrate, think of the last "just thought you should know..." type of email you got. I bet you either a- instantly trashed it, or b- went to snopes.com to verify. Right? I recently heard a radio commercial that advertised some weight loss pill (I think it was weight loss). It said "A free trial of _____ has been extended to just the listeners of 'this station' for the first 100 callers.'" I immediately thought, "I wonder what other stations this commercial plays on?" and "I bet I would still get it if I was the 103rd caller." That is the skepticism I am addressing. In other news, I've lost 15 pounds. I am not sure that I understand what you are saying here…please clarify, if you would.

I think that the Right is currently pretty convinced of conspiracies as well. All you have to do is listen to talk radio (which I do, and like actually) for an hour or so.

The “skepticism of information” that I am discussing is not really tied to the 9/11 and Bush Derangement Syndrome, but actually an approach to information in general.

To illustrate, think of the last “just thought you should know…” type of email you got. I bet you either a- instantly trashed it, or b- went to snopes.com to verify. Right?

I recently heard a radio commercial that advertised some weight loss pill (I think it was weight loss). It said “A free trial of _____ has been extended to just the listeners of ‘this station’ for the first 100 callers.’” I immediately thought, “I wonder what other stations this commercial plays on?” and “I bet I would still get it if I was the 103rd caller.”

That is the skepticism I am addressing. In other news, I’ve lost 15 pounds.

]]> By: Matt http://ryanshinn.com/2009/10/08/the-free-information-age/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Matt Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:47:19 +0000 http://ryanshinn.com/?p=460#comment-130 I would say "skepticism of information, and an assumption of conspiracies" only for those people on the other side from yourself. I wish people would apply that same criticism to, oh, say... the person they voted for? I would say “skepticism of information, and an assumption of conspiracies” only for those people on the other side from yourself. I wish people would apply that same criticism to, oh, say… the person they voted for?

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