Lateral reading, learn it, do it.

[hwmnbn]

This is a research technique used for determining internet credibility. Although targeted for students, WE can all benefit from this.

[irisblue]

1. A second youtube tutorial that is a go along with the other post

[hwmnbn]

2. Thank you...

There are many more from other major educational centers. I wish I had known about this years ago.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Isn't this kind of obvious?

I used to teach a couple of college courses and discussed how necessary it was to check internet sources this way rather than relying on one web site or Wikipedia and calling it good. Doing this kind of double-checking also keeps people from being suckered by phony or satirical pieces, which happens way too often, even here.

[Kali]

4. you would think

but earlier one of these two videos got hidden for being spam.

[hwmnbn]

5. You would think...

but I didn't know. I have my own fact checking protocol.

This is more efficient and comprehensive than mine.

[drmeow]

8. Not everyone is college educated

and the teaching of critical thinking skills has been systematically eliminated from secondary education in the US

[hwmnbn]

10. Exactly!...

Critical thinking along with CIVICS have to be incorporated in all curriculum going forward.

I'm starting to suspect the decades long dumb down of students was possibly intentional.

[drmeow]

12. Note the date - 1994

[hwmnbn]

14. Holy shit...

They are persistent fucks.

[Roland99]

6. Well done. And from my alma mater! #GoCards

[Backseat Driver]

7. Didn't know this technique had a name...

Explains why I've often got tabs lined up across my screen, LOL! Then I have to pin them up there to go back and forth - I hate those tiny site logos and often need to hover to remember which are which...oh yeah, it was the red one, the lightening bolt, the block "O", the purple star...hahaha.

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. I always have done it. Just didn't know the name.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. This is what I've already always done.

I've never understood why anyone would just swallow something whole from a random site.