Tag: Tell the right story

NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson Confusing fiction and reality Most people have two criteria for what is real: their own experience and information about what is supposedly real from authority figures. For most people, their own experience is a pretty local affair both in terms of geography and time. For just about everything beyond the local, the authority of “experts” – leaders, newscasters and others supposedly in the know – is often accepted as true. Somewhere in the mix you can use your own judgment, but it is usually narrowly based in culture and education. The result is a lot of room for confusing fact and fiction. Just consider presidents such as Ronald Reagan, who spoke of being presentat the liberation of concentration camps when he had seen only the video recordings. Donald Trum...