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Aristus

(66,388 posts) Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:06 PM Oct 2021

Watching YouTube videos. I'm going to start calling this: "Doing my own research."

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Watching YouTube videos. I'm going to start calling this: "Doing my own research." (Original Post) Aristus Oct 2021 OP

Imagine the kids being raised.... TheRealNorth Oct 2021 #1

Yeah. Aristus Oct 2021 #3

Perfect epitaph for an antivaxxer -- tblue37 Oct 2021 #2

Research keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #4

Exactly... Aristus Oct 2021 #5

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)

1. Imagine the kids being raised....

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:09 PM

Oct 2021

That are being taught by their parents that watching Facebook and YouTube is now "doing research".

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

3. Yeah.

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:11 PM

Oct 2021

And as Ray Bradbury pointed out in Fahrenheit 451, there's a difference between filling kids' heads with facts, and teaching them to think critically.