I’ll be sure to heed your lesson. But, just to be clear… is it that I should do somebody else’s research, or that I should get somebody else to to mine…?
And, one more clarification… Is it that I should hold an opinion but not go on to Google until I find the result supporting it, or that I should not hold an opinion and then not go on to Google to form it, or not hold an opinion and then go on to Google to confirm it… No, wait, that isn’t going to work… Perhaps, hold an opinion and then go on to Google to deny it… Sounds wrong… I know, go on to Google to hold an opinion and then deny it myself… No. Have myself as an opinion and then deny Google… Get Google to give me an opinion and then hold it?
Perhaps, hold an opinion and then go on to Google to deny it… Sounds wrong…
No, that’s about right. If you have an opinion, you should be challenging it with additional information. The key is not tossing anything anything that doesn’t already agree with your opinion. Going in with the understanding that you are looking for information that proves you wrong is a good approach, though.
It’s ok to read someone else’s research. But if you automatically dismiss anything that disagrees with a previously held belief, you aren’t researching, you’re looking for confirmation. You can find confirmation for just about anything.
It’s one thing to be critical and say “maybe the specific scenario presented here doesn’t really apply to me.” It’s quite another to say “this can’t be true because I read something before that said the opposite.”
Most people “doing their own research” fall in to the latter category.
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Proceeds to Google until desirable result is found, then screech in to the void about it
I’ll be sure to heed your lesson. But, just to be clear… is it that I should do somebody else’s research, or that I should get somebody else to to mine…?
And, one more clarification… Is it that I should hold an opinion but not go on to Google until I find the result supporting it, or that I should not hold an opinion and then not go on to Google to form it, or not hold an opinion and then go on to Google to confirm it… No, wait, that isn’t going to work… Perhaps, hold an opinion and then go on to Google to deny it… Sounds wrong… I know, go on to Google to hold an opinion and then deny it myself… No. Have myself as an opinion and then deny Google… Get Google to give me an opinion and then hold it?
No, that’s about right. If you have an opinion, you should be challenging it with additional information. The key is not tossing anything anything that doesn’t already agree with your opinion. Going in with the understanding that you are looking for information that proves you wrong is a good approach, though.
It’s ok to read someone else’s research. But if you automatically dismiss anything that disagrees with a previously held belief, you aren’t researching, you’re looking for confirmation. You can find confirmation for just about anything.
It’s one thing to be critical and say “maybe the specific scenario presented here doesn’t really apply to me.” It’s quite another to say “this can’t be true because I read something before that said the opposite.”
Most people “doing their own research” fall in to the latter category.
Did you Google that?
I’m a proud googledebunker.