RE: People who watch fox news know less about the world than people who watch no news.
December 13, 2011 at 10:01 pm
I don't "watch" news. I inform myself and it's a daunting, yet liberating task.
People too lazy to read will naturally gravitate toward something like FOX because it's easy to understand, then again, everything intuitive is easy to understand. Therein lies the problem. Intuition takes the least amount of effort and so does flipping on the TV and getting the "news".
It's pretty obvious when you think about it. The masses follow the path of least resistance. As long as the easy path exists, lazy people will choose it.
It's easier to listen to your intuition, rather than educate yourself. Easier to beat a child, than teach it why it shouldn't do X,Y and Z. Etc.
It's extremely easy to follow your intuition and disregard all sources of valid information. Then hold the intuitions as valid, because of your intentional ignorance.
Like I said, path of least resistance. Simple as that. It takes effort to use your brain and people aren't willing to give the effort.
People too lazy to read will naturally gravitate toward something like FOX because it's easy to understand, then again, everything intuitive is easy to understand. Therein lies the problem. Intuition takes the least amount of effort and so does flipping on the TV and getting the "news".
It's pretty obvious when you think about it. The masses follow the path of least resistance. As long as the easy path exists, lazy people will choose it.
It's easier to listen to your intuition, rather than educate yourself. Easier to beat a child, than teach it why it shouldn't do X,Y and Z. Etc.
It's extremely easy to follow your intuition and disregard all sources of valid information. Then hold the intuitions as valid, because of your intentional ignorance.
Like I said, path of least resistance. Simple as that. It takes effort to use your brain and people aren't willing to give the effort.
