An Ounce
Weekly episodes: 'An Ounce' - Daily: 'Just An Ounce of History'
With 'Just An Ounce of History' EVERY DAY, check in to find out what happened today in history, and also discover one of the national days being celebrated - in 60 seconds or less.
'An Ounce' provides awesome WEEKLY episodes. They include amusing stories, ideas, wisdom, and a positive attitude and commentary. 'An Ounce' generally runs less than 15 minutes per episode.
Topics of 'An Ounce' podcast include a smattering of all kinds of subjects. The listener will gain insights from stories encouraging a good attitude, personal responsibility, and presentations promoting learning, doing, and expanding one's understanding and experience.
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An Ounce
The Truth Paradox: Sorting Fact from Fiction in the Age of Information
We live in an amazing time of electric cars, space travel for tourists, telephones in everyone pocket with which we instantaneously speak to some on the other side of the world, satellite navigation that can brings us within inches of any point on the globe, instant access to a volume of information even the Great Library of Alexandria would be envious of.
Notice I said information – didn’t identify that information as factual or true. And, yes, we are talking about the internet, the World Wide Web, the miraculous digital information superhighway.
According to a reference I found on the internet, Mark Twain once wrote, “In the vast realm of information on the World Wide Web, fact and fiction doth dance together, much like a pair of mischievous pickpockets.”
And though he never said this – he is right. How can you know if something is factual? What is true? What is good?