THINKing... Love For Truth Vs Love For Learning – Unthinking Humans Love Truth As Is Brought To Them By Other Unthinking Humans!

From The New Yorker comes this piece by American Andy Borowitz that begins thus: “Minneapolis (The Borowitz Report) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.” I say it’s a joke – and then again, it is not a joke!

On Facebook, our Filipino friend, newly retired government official Ramon Yedra shares the above image that says: “Scientists: Earth Endangered By New Strain Of Fact-Resistant Humans.”

Ah. But I view it differently. “Fact-resistant humans”? This is in fact a challenge to all humans, whether fact-resistant or not!

First of all, “fact-resistant humans” is a challenge to the world of journalism, my self-chosen metaverse, digital and not, for which I am self-taught – after all, I am a BS Agriculture Ag Edu major, UP Los Baños. How now should the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Filipina Maria Ressa with her Fact Journalism, otherwise called Truth Journalism, respond?

Truth Journalism, I know that as practiced, cannot pass the
“Rotary 4-Way Test:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL, and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”

An original aboriginal (Ilocano), my private/public practice is what I call “THiNK! Journalism” and it goes like this:

True? If True, is it
Helpful? If Helpful, is it
Inspiring? If Inspiring, is it
Necessary? If Necessary, is it
Kind?
THiNK! (I based it on Zig Ziglar’s THINK philosophy.)

So! “Truth-resistant humans” or “Fact-resistant humans” are my kind of humans! They demand that your Fact or Truth passes with flying colors all the way through the process of THiNKing so that they will admit, admire and apply it.

Look up again. The bottom image is from a Facebook sharing by Airen Agnes on 24 Aug 2022; so as not to distract from the message of the outstretched hands, I cut out the accompanying text that says: “Students don’t need a perfect teacher. They need a happy teacher, who’s gonna make them excited to come to school and grow a love for learning.” Ms Airen does not state her source; googling, I found it is Richard Feynman in Wisdom Quotes (wisdomquotes.com).

“Love for learning.” We all should cultivate that love by teaching ourselves and/or others THINKing. That is how to educate the young people, and how to teach the old people who think they know better!

Truth = Fact. Truth Journalism is Fact Journalism; therefore, if the journalism stops at “True” or “Fact” – then I would commend (and recommend) the humans who are resistant to Facts!

No Sir, no Ma'am! The world does not need perfect journalists. The world needs happy journalists, those who make their readers and viewers excited to open their digital tools and grow their love more for thinking more.

I journalist think thus: “Earth Empowered By New Strain Of THINK-Insistent Humans.” That would be the day that the Lord has made!@517

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