Comments on: Evaluating Information http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/ Encouraging heroes. You can be one too. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amyhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 Amy Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:08:11 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-3449 Awwwww, sorry you had to learn this lesson the hard way. I think we all have, though. The one good thing about it is I've become so cynical that I question EVERYTHING anyone tells me, which has served me well. :) Awwwww, sorry you had to learn this lesson the hard way. I think we all have, though. The one good thing about it is I’ve become so cynical that I question EVERYTHING anyone tells me, which has served me well. :)

]]> By: AirJordanshttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 AirJordans Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:21:35 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-3439 This reminds me of once in my early days of joining groups on msn I had received an email telling that the liquid used to clean floors in Swiffers had killed a large number of dogs. Turned out to be written by a man who lost his pet dog and the vet said it was one possibility. Anyways, I sent the info to my family and friends (animal lovers all) and then made the dumb move of posting it in one of my new groups of online friends.Well I was hooted and ridiculed and told that that had been proven wrong hahaha. I was angry for days. But being anonymous can be a wonderful thing. I learned to verify verify and verify as you suggested here. This reminds me of once in my early days of joining groups on msn I had received an email telling that the liquid used to clean floors in Swiffers had killed a large number of dogs. Turned out to be written by a man who lost his pet dog and the vet said it was one possibility. Anyways, I sent the info to my family and friends (animal lovers all) and then made the dumb move of posting it in one of my new groups of online friends.

Well I was hooted and ridiculed and told that that had been proven wrong hahaha. I was angry for days. But being anonymous can be a wonderful thing. I learned to verify verify and verify as you suggested here.

]]> By: Amyhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Amy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:39:23 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-645 Karen! A new piece of trivia for me. :) Thanks!! I hadn't heard that one before so I looked it up. Wikipedia says the phrase is associated with the mercury used in hat-making, but it was in use prior to the time that hat-making was an established industry so the origins are not clear. Thanks for mentioning it. :) I like learning new things. Karen! A new piece of trivia for me. :) Thanks!! I hadn’t heard that one before so I looked it up. Wikipedia says the phrase is associated with the mercury used in hat-making, but it was in use prior to the time that hat-making was an established industry so the origins are not clear. Thanks for mentioning it. :) I like learning new things.

]]> By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind)http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-643 Another great Stumbleworthy post Amy.And wasn't the term 'mad as a hatter' coined because of the use of mercury in making mens' hatbands in the 19th Century? Another great Stumbleworthy post Amy.

And wasn’t the term ‘mad as a hatter’ coined because of the use of mercury in making mens’ hatbands in the 19th Century?

]]> By: Amyhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Amy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-641 Oh my goodness, I STILL remember exactly where I was sitting when I read that book! It so rocked my world. What did your kids think of it? Oh my goodness, I STILL remember exactly where I was sitting when I read that book! It so rocked my world. What did your kids think of it?

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