Questioning Authority Meme

Slate SCIENCE THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSE. FEB. 8 2017 5:56 AM It’s Time to Give Up on Facts Or at least to temporarily lay them down in favor of a more useful weapon: emotions. By Jess Zimmerman Questioning authority has become too much of a good thing, and it’s killing people Al Cross Opinion contributor Franklin may have said it first, but the last two words of his maxim were popularized most by Timothy Leary, who Richard Nixon called “the most dangerous man in America.” After Nixon was forced from office, the words “became arguably the most accepted form of ideology among baby boomers,” says Wikipedia — which itself illustrates how authority has been diffused in the last 50 years. Forbes Subscribe Sign In EDITORS' PICK | Jul 30, 2020, 02:02am EDT You Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To Science Ethan Siegel Senior Contributor Starts With A Bang Contributor Group Science The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. The New York Times SUBSCRIBE NOW | LOG IN OPINION Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole Critical thinking, as we’re taught to do it, isn’t helping in the fight against misinformation. Feb. 18, 2021

A collage of news and opinion headlines about abandoning facts, questioning authority, distrusting independent research, and avoiding rabbit holes. The absurd joke is that supposedly respectable publications are presented as arguing against critical thinking and skepticism, making the central confused face represent information overload and misinformation. It is used as a reaction to conspiracy theories, contrarian “do your own research” arguments, or excessive skepticism. EN: A collage of news and opinion headlines about abandoning facts, questioning authority, distrusting independent research, and avoiding rabbit holes. The absurd joke is that supposedly respectable publications are presented as arguing against critical thinking and skepticism, making the central confused face represent information overload and misinformation. It is used as a reaction to conspiracy theories, contrarian “do your own research” arguments, or excessive skepticism.

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