Be wise, be critical

In an era of information overload and increasing communication skills and language competence it has become more important than ever to be critical. More and more people have the ability to make madness sound sane, unfortunately. And the burden is laid upon us to decide whether it's true or not.

In the movie "Thank you for smoking" the main character Nick Naylor promotes the tobacco industry using twisted logic and research from the Academy of Tobacco studies funded by the tobacco industry. Conveniently enough, the studies show no connection between lung cancer and smoking.

Anything can be proven or unproven, anything can sound convincing and anything can be the truth.

So, be wise, be critical and most importantly, be a promiscuous reader.