Don’t Believe Everything You Read
I have often thought about how scary it is that people will believe anything they read or hear especially if the person or source should be credible due to occupation or societal standing. I too have fallen into this trap many times. But all humans have flaws and biases and the worst part is that people believe so many things without question or concern particularly when it confirms opinions and ideas they have already formed even if the information is false. I have tried to maintain that what is most important in life when is comes to research, politics, religion, education etc, is that truth is more important than my opinion or how I feel. Some might say well this is “my truth” and that is not what truth is. Most recently a topic this applied to is an examination of the 2005 APA brief on lesbian and gay parenting done by Loren Marks at Louisiana State University. Now, nothing I have to say in this post means I think same-sex couples should or shouldn’t be aloud to ra...