Monday 20 January 2014

Questioning the Source of Information

I just can't stop sharing what I learned yesterday, haha!

Here's a short 44-second video clip which illustrates the importance of communication:


Improve your English

Isn't it funny?

Apart from the message that we should improve our command of language to avoid miscommunication, what I realize is that, in real life, all of us could have heard about something from the same person or source, but each and everyone of us could have also interpreted the same message differently. Just like the gentleman here who interpreted "sinking" as "thinking". When the original message is interpreted differently, it also gets passed on differently, sometimes even far off from its original message.

You'll understand this if you have played the game "Pass the Message".


Therefore, we should always strive to learn from the right and original source of information, instead of just relying on some free and so called "3rd party" information. Some of these "3rd party" information are shared with good intentions, but lack accuracy and credibility; while some others could be biased towards certain ulterior motives or intention.

We should always learn to question the source of information, especially information which is published on the internet by anonymous sources, before we adopt the information as part of our knowledge and pass it on to others.

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