Dennis Ellsworth

Chapter 5: Facts Can Save Your Life
- We find something appealing and fail to look for evidence to the contrary.
-Whether we are decieved by somebody else or we failed to check our own assumptions, the price for getting the facts wrong is the same.
-Most bad information will cost you money.
-Higher prices make us believe higher quality, which isn't always the case.
-Price has very little to do with quality; cheaper products are better about half the time
-Getting facts wrong can put you in the hospital.
-Misinformation about our bodies and health lethal.
-Facts can save lives.
-How often we hear of something is often mistaken for how often it actually occurs.
-Businessmen and politicians assume peers ethical standards are lower than their own.
-Accurate information is hard to come by in the case of war.
-The internet is full of information from reliable sources.

Chapter 7: Osama, Ollie and Al
-We must look for facts that might disprove whatever we believe at the time.
-You must use the Internet carefully, in order to stay unspun.
-Many people fall into the "root for my side" trap.
-The Internet contains more information available with no regulations,standards or penalties.
-The key is knowing the reliability of the website.
-You must always consider the source.
-Anonymous or untraceable claims should be considered false until proven otherwise.
-Look for sources with authority. (dot-gov, dot-edu websites)
-Never accept something as fact just because is appears on somebody's blog.
-Use due diligence when researching.(Usually just a matter of answering a few questions.)
-Websites that are selling something are often, misleading.
-Don't trust the internet unless you can verify.