Turn out the lights

It is hard for me to really focus on something specific that I learned. I was aware of many of the biases that come with science having grown up around people who struggled with those biases. I always tried to look up as much information about a source of information before making conclusions and this behavior has been heavily strengthened by this class. I feared that this class was making me more cynical and annoying nihilistic. Looking at how little people knew about where their information was coming from, about how it could be manipulated, and how little they often cared. What I did take away from this class is the benefit of this kind of struggle. You can't easily change certain strongly imbedded structures in our world, you can't easily change how people chose to ignore science, how large companies can use money to pressure those they oppose, how ideological backgrounds influence data selection and conclusion, but you can try. The process of questioning, understanding, and expanding on knowledge not only makes you better informed but it also changes those you interact with and in at least a miniscule way can change the base of knowledge that is being operated with.