Come on people, SpaceX got into space and connected with the international space station. There are videos everywhere showing the awesome events, and it has brought great excitement to many people. But, then you have this other group of people, and I know some of them, who say that it is all a giant scam. Just like Neil Armstrong never walked on the moon (they just recorded it in a studio somewhere), now they are tricking us again. In fact, a mouse showed up on the rocket somewhere to prove it even more that this was just a trick and house recording project.
Have you ever heard someone come up with such thoughts? I have... and do you know what is incredible? If you do a quick Google search, you will have no trouble finding lots of blogs and posts supporting exactly those beliefs. This is once again what makes Internet such a strange and hard place. You will find everything you want to.
What's up with the vaccines?
Can you imagine someone who gives their child a vaccine, and afterward, they discover something strange with the child. They will immediately search the net to find out if there can be some connection between the vaccine and the behavior, and they will find lots of posts and articles that strengthen their faith in that.
Did you see a UFO last night? If you look on the Internet, you will get in contact with lots of others who also saw a UFO last night. Isn't that strange? And if you believe that the United States are hiding remnants of UFO's and other alien stuff, well, you will find big groups of people supporting that view.
What about the coronavirus?
There are so many conspiracy theories about the coronavirus out there. Is it all just about someone making a lot of money to sell face masks? Is it supported and invented by the pharmaceutical companies to sell more medicines? Is it about spreading fear? You will find a lot of theories, thoughts, and conspiracy theories...
And guess what... a good friend of mine got very angry, because he wanted to share with me a video made by a German doctor who came up with such a conspiracy theory about the virus. Do you know what happened? It was removed, by YOUTUBE. In other words, it became a quick victim to the active censorship taking place on YouTube. Is that okay? What do you think?
How to deal with all of this?
Modern technology gives us the chance to spread all sorts of thoughts, information, rumors, lies, and everything online. But, how are we to treat all this information? I believe that we need to teach our kids to think and use common sense! It isn't enough to learn how to search with Google, we need to teach them and ourselves how to interpret, understand, and treat the information we get with some necessary filters.
I can easily become a victim who believes in something for one second (because it seems convincing), but when I read the opinion of someone else, I suddenly support them instead. Why? We just believe what we read, instead of actually thinking through what we read, and coming up with our own thoughts, questioning the sources, and so much more.
Once again, teaching ourselves and those around us to think is even more important than censorship in the first place. But, personally, I also believe there is a time to censor information, especially facts that can damage us a lot. Of course, it is hard to censor it when Donald Trump tweets about stupid topics that he has no understanding about and recommends medicine against the coronavirus that doesn't help at all, but still...
Not everyone can read something and question the content... to protect them, it is important to censor information.
I am sorry if this article has been a bit messy, but I just wanted to share some more thoughts on censorship, checking your sources, learning to be skeptical to what you read and so much more. I believe it is of uttermost importance if you want to be successful and live a balanced and happy life!
When I was little, I thought I saw aliens... When I grew up and saw some foreign people, they creeped me up as much as the aliens I saw as a child...
Maybe I saw parts of my future as a child, but my brains filled the gaps with something less accurate.
My dad, who is well over 60 years old, still creeps when I play some specific songs using car CD player. We don't even turn on the radio while he is driving even though we listen to a lot of music together when we're at home...
Yeah, we for sure have some big mix-ups in our minds... the only thing that amaze me is when people on purpose decide to always go for the conspiracy theories. Or maybe that is part of the original mix-up, that they always want someone to have a bad intention with what's happening in the world?!
We have been taught the constant struggle between good and bad since Sunday school... It's kind of brain wash of the society (or culture)... When we grow up, we assume the world really is what has been taught to us...
@tipu curate
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I remember the same controversy regarding the moon mission of the USA