Wednesday, March 21, 2012

BLOG 5 "I KNOW THE TRUTH, SO DONT BOTHER ME WITH FACTS"


When the author “Jeffrey Kluger” in states in the article that “humans have long been dupes, and easily deceived by rumors and flat lies,” Just because many people could be easy to manipulated with insinuating pictures or inflammatory quotes. Him saying having say that make me relate and agree to his statement, because many people included myself have believe in rumors and lies, and thinking they are true. Also because I have come across people that no matter how many prove or facts of the true, they are so stubborn that they stick with what believes and what they heard before, that is sometimes is so difficult to reverse their position for simple ego.
                First of all, since my childhood I have always come across with people that loves to gossip and they are so good at it, with such a confidence that is hard not to believe them. One good example is my cousin, where she cannot be happy with her husband because every time she hears, or they tell her in person a rumor about him is always a fight since she believes every rumor out there, specially coming from her called friends, without looking at the facts or investigating furthermore how the true was. In addition to that I cannot lie, but have to admit I gotten fooled too and have believes those lies and many more without knowing if is just rumors. However I could say I have learned my lesson not to believe everything I hear; now I have to see in order to believe.
  Secondly I could agree with “Jeffrey Kluger” because there are so many people that have more confidents in rumors and they disregard the facts and the chance of daunting. People easily could be manipulated, with just any insinuating pictures or inflammatory quotes. For example people magazines and any other entertainment magazine out there no matter the language, that loves to quotes things without having the prove if it is true. They always find the way to put pictures of artist that somehow they get a perfect shot, when the artists are giving each other a kiss in their cheeks but in the picture it shows something totally different, that it looks like they are making out. Even TV shows are a perfect way to manipulate people, because I could say that probably there is an 80 percent chance that what they say is not true, and the other 20 percent it is.
Finally the passage “ I know the truth, so don’t bother me with facts” give a great example in how our everyday lives are filled with rumors, gossip, people assuming and making it seen that is true. Also people who believe so deeply like they believe in their religion, which is impossible for them to reverse their beliefs and change what they think and their statements.

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