MIT 144F: Week4
Key Concepts from the Evaluating Facts Article


Golden Rules:

  1. "...just because it is in print doesn't mean it can be trusted."
  2. "No "fact" is utterly trustworthy"
  3. "Truth" should be seen as "probable" not absolute

Classic Ideas about data distortion:

Essentially, the idea of "objective" observation is fraught with difficulties. Subsequently, "objective" facts are not that "objective".