Article October 18, 1952 Issue

RELIABLY INFORMED SOURCES

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

JANET ELINOR WILEY

The vast and ever-expanding network of world-wide communication places upon the individual the responsibility of determining the accuracy of information before he accepts it as true. In an era when publication of false and misleading propaganda is a common occurrence, it becomes even more imperative to learn how to distinguish the true from the false.

A prevalent misconception which is constantly being imparted to mankind by one means or another is the theory that unless the physical senses are indulged, the result will be frustration and an empty human experience. Here is information which we all must scrutinize carefully to ascertain if it is reliable or not. If it is correct, we wish to know it. If it is incorrect, we wish to replace this misinformation with the truth.

One of the best ways to check on the reliability of information is to trace it to its source. In this connection we find the source of the proposal that we indulge the physical senses allegorically set forth in the third chapter of Genesis, where Eve is being tempted by the serpent. After a brief discussion with her about eating of "the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden" the serpent concludes its argument thus: "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

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