Opus 2025-407: Data Processing

I find myself listening to more and more podcasts and watching more videos.  This kind of surprised me when I realized it was happening.  I’ve always avoided them because it takes so long to listen to something that has commercials, long introductions, and people who think they are funny not being so funny.

I think one of the things that is driving me to this desperation is the lack of integrity in the news media and the Clickbait.  I find it somewhat amusing reading the headlines of the different YouTube videos.  I automatically eliminate anything that has extreme adjectives such as “the funniest”, “the ultimate”,  “This will make you laugh out loud” or “Charlie Kirk destroys….”

What I find myself looking for are actual interviews between two people who can put two thoughts together and listen to another person who has a third thought.  Even then you need to be careful because often times it’s someone else parsing what was said, and trying to convince you of their point of view.

The same principal applies in my reading.  I find that I’m less and less willing to take someone’s word that they are quoting accurately.  Many of the great truths that are being quoted are readily available if we want to take the time to read the primary sources.  This is obviously demanding and time-consuming.  I think it’s necessary.  Where am I going to find the time?  I have no idea.  Can I stay awake long enough to finish a boring passage that actually bears some truth?  I have failed many times.

But I continue on the quest for accurate information and hopefully some foundations that will get me to truth.  The only source that I have no doubts about at this point is the Bible and even there I often will question the translation and compare what different versions have said in order to get it the truth.  Commentaries are just some guys opinions.  Sermons are the theoretically inspired interpretations of theoretically born again individuals.

In all things ask questions.

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