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Alisa Miller: Why we know less than ever about the world

http://www.ted.com Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening s...  
 
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socratus1 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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After reading some scientific ideas:

The more I study the more I know
The more I know the more ideas I have
The more ideas I have the more they abstract
The more they abstract the less I know the truth

And therefore conclusion from some article

" One of the best kept secrets of science is
that physicists have lost their grip on reality "

Israel Sadovnik. Socratus
cmcphee (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Obama Deception!
MrFagenabler (5 months ago) Show Hide
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put yer blinders up
SJamesGray (5 months ago) Show Hide
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What an excellent speech! These facts are incredible.
drugmiasma (5 months ago) Show Hide
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They've always been twisting things to make us see in tunnel vision.
ArubaSailing (7 months ago) Show Hide
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The us media is a show, the reporters seem to think there opinion is meaningful, and they are often presented as stars... pff.

They need to report the facts and let the rest of us make up our owne minde.
drugmiasma (5 months ago) Show Hide
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American media has, for the most part, never been like that.

There's always money. Always corruption. Always confusion.
mawriz (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Exactly, I've always found the American media very glossy and opinionated. I don't care what a reporter's opinion is about a subject matter, just report the news and move on with it.
Cyllid (7 months ago) Show Hide
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*coughs* local news, surprisingly focuses on local stuff.  SHOCKING DISCOVERY!
madmartigan4077 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Anna NIcole Smith, that is.

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