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    9 hours ago

    Letting them dig further helps to show how valid or invalid what they say might be

    The problem with this approach is that it requires critical thinking.

    If they “see it on the internet on Jimbo’s blog” they believe that is equally believable to “its posted on nasa.gov”. I attribute some of this to technology getting really good at some things that it makes those that don’t know how technology works that other unbelievable things are also real.