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		<title>Marcin: /* OSE Considerations */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;OSE Considerations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l8&quot;&gt;Line 8:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE promotes a secular and apolital, positive-psychology approach to solving pressing world issues, and on its media, is committed to solutions, reason, science, and empathy. &amp;#039;We are all in it together&amp;#039; - we favor a collaborative approach that is open and transparent. Our view is not eschatological, but one of evolution and lifelong learning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE promotes a secular and apolital, positive-psychology approach to solving pressing world issues, and on its media, is committed to solutions, reason, science, and empathy. &amp;#039;We are all in it together&amp;#039; - we favor a collaborative approach that is open and transparent. Our view is not eschatological, but one of evolution and lifelong learning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;=MJ Considerations=&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*I do not like polarizing arguments, as &#039;we are all in it together&#039;. The opposite of evil is empathy - which is a lesson I take from [[Political Ponerology]]. I like to keep an open mind, and the best tool for navigating proper communication - so it doesn&#039;t turn to division - is understanding [[General Semantics]] to avoid faulty [[Mental Models]]. Life is about updating our mental models so we keep an accurate handle on reality.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Marcin</name></author>
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		<title>Marcin: /* OSE Position */</title>
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		<updated>2021-02-12T09:49:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;OSE Position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l2&quot;&gt;Line 2:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Factcheck.org - good.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Factcheck.org - good.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=OSE &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Position&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=OSE &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Considerations&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Nothing is black and white - it&amp;#039;s always a shade of grey. Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. The success of pseudoscience, cults, and conspiracy theories - and conspiracy theories in particular - lies in that there is a kernel of truth, or some insight, to be gained from the contrarian viewpoint. Ie, a conspiracy theory is typically not 100% BS, but some part between 1% and 100%. There is always some truth or appearance of truth - or the conspiracy theory/paralogism/paramoralism would gather little support. For example with Qanon - pedophilia is real in that 20% of American children suffer incest according to [https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/america-has-an-incest-problem/272459/]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Nothing is black and white - it&amp;#039;s always a shade of grey. Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. The success of pseudoscience, cults, and conspiracy theories - and conspiracy theories in particular - lies in that there is a kernel of truth, or some insight, to be gained from the contrarian viewpoint. Ie, a conspiracy theory is typically not 100% BS, but some part between 1% and 100%&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. &amp;quot;Successful&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;attractive&amp;quot; conspiracy theories would thus be impossible to disprove, but have a considerable &amp;#039;appearance&amp;#039; of truth, which implies it would strive to be as factual as possible while &amp;#039;stretching the truth&amp;#039; as much as possible&lt;/ins&gt;. There is always some truth or appearance of truth - or the conspiracy theory/paralogism/paramoralism would gather little support. For example with Qanon - &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; the &lt;/ins&gt;pedophilia &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;part &lt;/ins&gt;is real in that &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;~&lt;/ins&gt;20% of American children suffer incest according to [https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/america-has-an-incest-problem/272459/] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- but incest data shows that pedophilia is distributed very &amp;#039;democratically&amp;#039; and is not particular to specific political orientation.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Note also that any new discovery is met &amp;#039;with violent opposition from mediocre minds&amp;#039;, as Einstein said, so when approaching scientifically-undocumented claims, keep that in mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Note also that any new discovery is met &amp;#039;with violent opposition from mediocre minds&amp;#039;, as Einstein said, so when approaching scientifically-undocumented claims, keep that in mind &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;as well&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE favors an open mind - seeing that all viewpoints may have something to offer. Some viewpoints may be pathological and the proper approach is empathy and healing. The major obstacle to healing is that there is a very low level of psychological literacy today, thus promoting paramoralistic as opposed to psychological, factual, or scientic appraoches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE favors an open mind - seeing that all viewpoints may have something to offer. Some viewpoints may be pathological and the proper approach is empathy and healing. The major obstacle to healing is that there is a very low level of psychological literacy today, thus promoting paramoralistic as opposed to psychological, factual, or scientic appraoches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*OSE promotes a secular and apolital, positive-psychology approach to solving pressing world issues, and on its media, is committed to solutions, reason, science, and empathy. &#039;We are all in it together&#039; - we favor a collaborative approach that is open and transparent. Our view is not eschatological, but one of evolution and lifelong learning.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Marcin</name></author>
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		<title>Marcin at 09:41, 12 February 2021</title>
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		<updated>2021-02-12T09:41:48Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. The success of pseudoscience, cults, and conspiracy theories - and conspiracy theories in particular - lies in that there is a kernel of truth, or some insight, to be gained from the contrarian viewpoint. Ie, a conspiracy theory is typically not 100% BS, but some part between 1% and 100%. There is always some truth or appearance of truth - or the conspiracy theory would gather little support. For example with Qanon - pedophilia is real in that &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;10&lt;/del&gt;% of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Americans are child-molested &lt;/del&gt;according to [https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;laurenskids&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;org&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;awareness&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;about&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;faqs/facts&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;stats&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;#:~:text=The%20Facts%20are%20Staggering%3A,before%20the%20age%20of%2018.&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Nothing is black and white - it&amp;#039;s always a shade of grey. &lt;/ins&gt;Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. The success of pseudoscience, cults, and conspiracy theories - and conspiracy theories in particular - lies in that there is a kernel of truth, or some insight, to be gained from the contrarian viewpoint. Ie, a conspiracy theory is typically not 100% BS, but some part between 1% and 100%. There is always some truth or appearance of truth - or the conspiracy theory&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/paralogism/paramoralism &lt;/ins&gt;would gather little support. For example with Qanon - pedophilia is real in that &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;20&lt;/ins&gt;% of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;American children suffer incest &lt;/ins&gt;according to [https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.theatlantic&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com/national/archive/2013&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;01&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;america-has&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;incest&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;problem/272459&lt;/ins&gt;/]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Note also that any new discovery is met &amp;#039;with violent opposition from mediocre minds&amp;#039;, as Einstein said, so when approaching scientifically-undocumented claims, keep that in mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Note also that any new discovery is met &amp;#039;with violent opposition from mediocre minds&amp;#039;, as Einstein said, so when approaching scientifically-undocumented claims, keep that in mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE favors an open mind - seeing that all viewpoints may have something to offer. Some viewpoints may be pathological and the proper approach is empathy and healing. The major obstacle to healing is that there is a very low level of psychological literacy today, thus promoting paramoralistic as opposed to psychological, factual, or scientic appraoches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*OSE favors an open mind - seeing that all viewpoints may have something to offer. Some viewpoints may be pathological and the proper approach is empathy and healing. The major obstacle to healing is that there is a very low level of psychological literacy today, thus promoting paramoralistic as opposed to psychological, factual, or scientic appraoches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[Critical Thinking]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Marcin</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Marcin at 09:35, 12 February 2021</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;one&amp;#039;s &lt;/del&gt;understanding &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of &lt;/del&gt;[[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. The latter is to MJ the most important for immunity, by understanding the existence of psychopaths and extent of psychopathic influence on personal situations, institutions and organizations&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*Note also that any new discovery is met &amp;#039;with violent opposition from mediocre minds&amp;#039;, as Einstein said, so when approaching scientifically-undocumented claims, keep that in mind.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*OSE favors an open mind - seeing that all viewpoints may have something to offer. Some viewpoints may be pathological and the proper approach is empathy and healing. The major obstacle to healing is that there is a very low level of psychological literacy today, thus promoting paramoralistic as opposed to psychological, factual, or scientic appraoches.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by understanding [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]], [[Critical Thinking&lt;/ins&gt;]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Marcin</name></author>
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		<title>Marcin: Created page with &quot;*Mediabiasfactcheck.com - decent resource. *Factcheck.org - good.  =OSE Position= *Note that &#039;conspiracy theories&#039; - have 2 sides. THe success of pseudoscience, cults, and con...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;*Mediabiasfactcheck.com - decent resource. *Factcheck.org - good.  =OSE Position= *Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. THe success of pseudoscience, cults, and con...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mediabiasfactcheck.com - decent resource.&lt;br /&gt;
*Factcheck.org - good.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=OSE Position=&lt;br /&gt;
*Note that &amp;#039;conspiracy theories&amp;#039; - have 2 sides. THe success of pseudoscience, cults, and conspiracy theories - and conspiracy theories in particular - lies in that there is a kernel of truth, or some insight, to be gained from the contrarian viewpoint. Ie, a conspiracy theory is typically not 100% BS, but some part between 1% and 100%. There is always some truth or appearance of truth - or the conspiracy theory would gather little support. For example with Qanon - pedophilia is real in that 10% of Americans are child-molested according to [https://laurenskids.org/awareness/about-faqs/facts-and-stats/#:~:text=The%20Facts%20are%20Staggering%3A,before%20the%20age%20of%2018.]&lt;br /&gt;
*Immunizing oneself against negative effects of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience happens by one&amp;#039;s understanding of [[Logical Fallacies]], [[General Semantics]], [[Mental Models]], [[First Principles Thinking]], [[Literacy]], [[Numeracy]], [[Science]], and [[Political Ponerology]]. The latter is to MJ the most important for immunity, by understanding the existence of psychopaths and extent of psychopathic influence on personal situations, institutions and organizations.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Marcin</name></author>
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