Author: James C. Patterson II

Analysis of a sample of water from a river or sea, ocean. The scientist in the glove took water in a test tube.

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James C. Patterson II
Date
October 14, 2020

Categorized
Ethics, Information Theory, Medicine and Health, Social Media

Tagged
bias, Bias (in evaluating information), Communication, Featured, Freedom of speech, Polarization, truth}

Information Today Is Like Water in the Ocean. How Do We Test It?

_{Often, we must sort through many layers of bias in information to get at the facts that matter} _{James C. Patterson II
October 14, 2020

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Ethics, Information Theory, Medicine and Health, Social Media}

Examining specific types of bias in our thinking will help us evaluate the information on key issues that inundates us today. Read More ›

Group of friends using smartphones to communicate in social media. Concept of a generation of millennials who are online all the time. Warm hipster filter.

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James C. Patterson II
Date
October 5, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Tagged
Facebook, fake news, Featured, Filter bubble}

The Social Dilemma: You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product

_{A new Netflix documentary explores the techniques used to explore, then shape and sharpen, our attitudes, values, and beliefs} _{James C. Patterson II
October 5, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance}

What is truth? This question has likely been pondered by man for as long as man has been able to ponder. How do you know that what you read or hear is true? How do you know that what you think is true? Why is it that people with different worldviews or belief systems can look at the exact same raw objective data and interpret it in radically different ways? The answers to these questions are important to “know”, insofar as anyone can know anything within a reasonable degree of certainty. However, in our society today, it is becoming more and more difficulty to determine what is true––with any degree of certainty. A recent 90-minute Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, Read More ›