Article 2 of the 7-part realitysculp series is available here. The person in charge of the information’s substance and context also has the last say over the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of others who receive it—all of which are unseen. 2016 Humans are natural information consumers since they are self-aware, cognitive beings. Humans are masters of information and crucially reliant on it because of our extraordinary capacity to gather, store, understand, and link knowledge in ways that other creatures cannot. Data provides us with insight into the subjective and objective realities that combine to form our multifaceted life. In order for us to make the right decisions, it is essential that we have precise and comprehensive data. Information manipulation is as natural to people as the use of information. We have example after example of information manipulation and deceit going back as long as human records go. Humans are not the only species that manipulate data; studying nature provides instances of data manipulation by many other living forms. It may be insects that pose as tree branches to ward off birds consuming them, or a blowfish that inflates to protect itself from an incoming predator or rival. We see several instances when the animal world makes an effort to misrepresent the facts in order to skew the truth to its favor. Humans are so used to manipulating facts that even young toddlers will do it in stressful situations. Any parent who has children understands that when kids damage anything in the home or do something they shouldn’t, they nearly always turn to data manipulation as a method to get out of trouble. Perhaps they attempt to conceal the evidence in the hopes that no one will see it, or they attempt to shift the responsibility to someone else. In the legal system, it is common for attorneys to draft a argument on behalf of their clients. In actuality, these arguments are really just efforts to portray the evidence in a different light or within a different framework. This is done in order to either undermine or downplay the significance of the data points that are against their client while validating and bolstering the significance of the data points that are in favor of their stance. The key is to realize that using and manipulating data comes naturally to people, just like breathing air. For human life and success, thorough and reliable data are essential. Even so, we seem unable to imagine that individuals with the greatest motivation and ability to manipulate data would ever do so, despite the fact that we are constantly reminded throughout our existence as humans that we are constantly faced with manipulation of data or the context in which the data is presented. The fact that we accept information as gospel in certain crucial circumstances—that day will follow night, and night will follow day—is quite startling. Being suspicious of all the information we are given is essential for us as consumers and masters of data in the digital age, just as a mouse must examine every movement in the grass for a snake and every shadow moving above for a predatory bird. Humans must constantly exercise their freedom of knowledge since the context and substance of information are essential for developing any kind of sensible and realistic viewpoint, worldview, or even thinking. Please take notice that I am not talking about laws of any kind since laws are only concepts created by humans and are not real. People who are able to comprehend what I just stated have the freedom to breach the law whenever they see fit. Understanding that there is only one person in the world we can be 100% sure is telling us the truth is what I mean by the phrase freedom of information action. That person is you. We must approach every piece of information we get with strong and critical inquiries due to the freedom of information activity. We need to see beyond the information’s constrained and often self-serving context. Since knowledge is one of the most significant resources available to humanity, we must constantly be aware of the reasons behind information sharing. We can appreciate the contexts and boundaries of the correctness of the information after we have an understanding of the motive. One of the first major areas where the reality shock cycle may be intentionally altered and controlled by others is data intake. If you give someone authority over the context and substance of the information that a person or a population gets, they have the ability to gradually sway the recipients of that information to agree with their point of view. On the other hand, this also presents the person with their first chance at independent decision-making. The majority of people living today were brought up in an educational system that instilled in them the idea of approved or authorized sources of knowledge. Our developing brains accepted these ideas without asking two crucial and essential questions, as we will see later. What gives these sources credibility, and who approved and authorized them? We are never introduced to the idea of a possible conflict of interest that may arise from an educational system that teaches us to only believe information from authorized sources, such as the educational system. Without taking this into account, the school master persuades the pupil that they would broaden their horizons in a single motion while simultaneously confining them to a perspective based on the approved curriculum. Just take a moment to consider this: the mere fact that information or an information source has the labels approved or authorized indicates that the data has been reviewed and edited by someone other than you to make sure it presents the information in the context that someone else determined you should see. Put otherwise, any material that has the adjectives approved or authorized connected to it is propaganda. The information supplied by a approved or authorized source cannot be accepted by a free person as we are aware that it has been polluted, poisoned, manipulated, or is incomplete. They must, in fact, look for information from a variety of sources that are unrelated to one another and do not need anyone’s approval. This does not include watching Fox and CNN to get opposing sides of the story in the current world. Fox and CNN are two of the more than two thousand mainstream media organizations that are under the ownership of five (5) people or companies. These organizations all eventually get their news from the press network that is affiliated with them. These more than 2400 mainstream media entities collaborate with governments as well as one another. Keep in mind that approved or authorized denotes spin. When watching CNN and Fox dispute about the meaning of an event, a free person ought to be wondering if the event really happened. It’s not always simple to be a healthy skeptic, and it becomes harder as control over the internet and other information sources gets tighter. Nonetheless, the illogical social stigma associated with those who deviate from the crowd—rather than any government-enacted legislation—is what keeps the majority of people from accessing independent information from other sources. It seems like we have all lost sight of our true selves, the ones that realize that we need to consider the veracity of the sales presentation and determine whether or not we are being duped. Knowledge is an extremely potent tool. Its potency is comparable to that of weapons capable of mass destruction wielded by armies. In fact, in the past century alone, hundreds of millions of people have been killed because of false information. However, whereas our natural instincts warn us when even one person approaches with a knife or pistol, the typical person’s natural instincts appear to vanish when they are among individuals wielding the much more deadly weaponry of media domination. Rekindle your survival instincts and acknowledge that possessing information poses a greater threat than carrying a pistol or knife. The distinction between education and training is that the former teaches a person how to think, while the latter teaches a person the skills required to do a job or set of tasks. not the act of creating ideas or thoughts, but rather the course or orientation that ideas should follow. The unseen world In2015, Bob Jones wrote a book titled Bringing Awareness to the Meaning of Events That Hold Significant Impact to the Security and Quality of the Common Person’s Life. Jones writes on subjects that are fundamental to our existence and applies common sense and reasoning to ideas and events that are being suppressed by the media and education system for the general public. In addition, he publishes a website devoted to ending human suffering. 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