ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST [Do Share if You Agree] Im no psychiatrist (just a Neurosurgeon) but feel compelled to share this with you as its impact extends far beyond the current attempts at political one-upmanship: (read it twice) Many of us reflexly subscribe to many non official FB pages because we like a certain party or a thought. We dont realise that most of these are paid for by some backer (sponsored pages). Once subscribed, these slowly feed us with one sided/biased images (many of which are manipulated and photoshopped) and arguments over days and weeks...TILL WE GRADUALLY STOP USING OUR OWN MINDS TO REACH RATIONAL CONCLUSIONS ON OUR OWN. (I can almost feel, that some readers, at this stage, will be looking to close this post right now bcos we dont like to accept that our minds can be manipulated) Once our minds are taken over by these feeds (which we consider as News), we then start quoting them, assuming them to be the truth and a majoritarian view. And nothing can be more dangerous than someone clouding your rational thinking!! I can come up with many examples but that should not be necessary. We should all resist such manipulations. If you agree with me and know someone [inc. yourself ;-)] who has developed very staunch (kattad) views on a topic or about a person over the past few months, you know whom to blame; please start by unsubscribing to all those non official pages on the newsfeed. PS: Im not suggesting something that Im not following myself for a long time or will not do on a personal front. Please SHARE if you agree & feel that it can help a friend [or even a foe with strong views ;-)]. . . PS: These are my views... You are welcome to like them or ignore them. If you agree, you may comment. If you disagree, kindly use your own wall to place your views. [& if it sounds unfair...well, so is life ;-) ] Thx!i
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:50:00 +0000
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