I have to admit, chapter 5 really started me thinking. I am also guilty of Googling. information, and i have taken it at face value more than once. I have seen though, through my researching google, that all the information is not correct, i then started to better research my information better. I am also a user of Wikipedia, but realized that it is not a good research tool either. As far as the Word of mouth information, i think we all have been succeptable to that at some time or another, listening to what our peers say is just something kids/ people do in general sometimes more often than not. We are then misled. After we have trusted a source of information given to us. The story about the frozen flag pole made me laugh and also took me back to my younger days, when i actually tried it! Also, not wearing a hat will get you sick.. i now realize theres not alot of truth to that either. This was really a good read. I have to admit, this book is somewhat confusing, its a bunch of different little stories in one. i have never had a text book quite like this one.
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Joan Garrity
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Kimberly Kolozy 10:32 pm on February 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I think in a lot of ways, we all go by the sayings we are raised on. After reading this chapter, I had to think about what I “knew” was true versus what was regurgitated information passed around by others. It definitely makes you think!