During AiS class, Mr. Bolos asked a very simple question: Why did we go to war in Iraq? There were various answers- Saddam Hussein, 9/11, Al Qaeda. Perhaps it’s due to our youth at the time, but it took quite awhile for someone to come up with the real answer: weapons of mass destruction. That’s what the government claimed, and although evidence existed that disproved this statement, the media and government did not present it.
It brings up a good point. Everyone is born with different levels of intelligence, but, for the most part, everyone can acquire knowledge equally. With the overwhelming presence of the media and the government, the knowledge we acquire is “chosen”. It seems like a form of brain washing, in a way. So, what is real? There could be truths that we will never know.
It sounds like an end-of-the-world, paranoid type of movie. But it’s true. WMD was a lie that could be proven wrong. But there could be plenty of widely known, accepted facts that could be lies as well. We could all be living a lie.
Valerie,
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that there are many things we consider true that could be lies, I disagree with your statement that "everyone can acquire knowledge equally". I believe that there is a vast gap in the amount of knowledge that one is privy to. As an example school education- New Trier is a very high ranked school allowing the students a large expanse of information to learn. On the other hand schools in the Chicago Public system are less able to provide the range of information that we are privy to. Also it depends on how many sources one can reach. We can corroborate our sources with many varieties of others while others do not have all the resources to.