Well you see people can make anything look real with a computer and the right training. So then how do we know that the stuff they show us on TV is real? I know it's illegal and all but still how do we know the goverment is not telling us/ showing us lies? Just wondering.
2007-05-17 15:30:02 · 7 answers · asked by Angel H 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
By using our own deductive reasoning, logic, and good common sense. "How do we know the government is not telling us lies?" How do you know that everyone around you isn't telling you lies? By educating yourself to the provided and counter facts. Only by seeing both sides of the story can you make a choice about what you believe, truth.
Now, what are we going to do about them there green aliens.
2007-05-17 18:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Despite what others say, you can know what is real versus the unreal. However, it takes some time, energy and research to find the "patterns" concerning the search for truth. Like a good detective, you have to take all the available evidence in hand and measure the motives behind the "cause and effect" and the modus operandi behind an action. What you will find is a "pattern recognition" that will center you in the dissemination of facts versus the fiction. A good example of pattern recognition would be the Black Plague. When the bodies started piling up, investigators determined that the greatest numbers were within a specific location in the London area. They were able to deduce through patterns that the source of the disease centered where most of the people were afflicted. Thusly, investigators found the exact sewer that spawned the outbreak. This explanation may appear sophomoric. But, keep in mind this example best illustrates the deductive reasoning needed to ascertain information at its source. The most critical aspect of finding the truth as it relates to recognizing patterns is to find a context for the information at hand. It is important that you have all the tools to make a workable hypothesis from the information garnered. This means opening yourself up to other alternatives, however unpopular they may be, and finding "precedent" to its origins. The truth is often layered in lies and only through study and contemplation will it find you. That's right! You heard me correctly! Believe it or not the truth does reveal itself. Shakespear even made this remark--"The truth will out." James Jesus Angleton, the late CIA chief of Counter Intelligence was often confronted with this conundrum regarding the truth. He was an avid fly fisherman who studied the patterns of trout and their enviornment in order to determine the best chances for a catch. Information works the same way. The best way I have found in researching for the truth is to get away from the axiomatic views that propogate a certain truth. Remember, our established media has an agenda too. Try going to the alternative press and the foreign media for a different point of view. The small press has greater liberties than the corporate controlled press and will give you a more well rounded view. This does not mean that you should ignore the major media outlets. On the contrary, compare what they are not telling you to what you have learned in the alternative press. You will then be able to "read between the lines" respective to pattern, thusly, find the truth somewhere in the middle. In closing, study your past. The past will unfold a context and pattern no different to the events being played out today. The cliche that "there is nothing new under the sun" is correct. We only just keep discovering it. That you see is "pattern."
2007-05-18 15:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont believe wat u see or hear. this country is using effective propoganda against the weak minded and finally they are starting to wake up. George Washington said that isolation is the best thing, and the U.S empire now is not following his wise words.
2007-05-17 23:17:50 · answer #3 · answered by Realist 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't. They could be. I wouldn't trust them fully, but you have to accept that, if they are lying to us, we can't really do anything about it, so why worry? Just place a little trust in society and ignore anything you can't change or affect.
2007-05-17 22:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by bobsanderson92 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Look for the "Good housekeeping seal of approval."
2007-05-17 22:32:49 · answer #5 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe nothing is real and we live in a fantasy world. lol.
2007-05-17 22:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by freeflow 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use your judgment and common sense, that's all anyone can do.
2007-05-17 22:36:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋