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Shared Knowledge
TOK
TASK
• Shared knowledge comes to us ’second hand’ from other people– Who should you trust?
Some dangers with shared knowledge
• (1) Authority worship– Uncritically accepting
something as true simply because an authority says it is true
TASK
• Can you point situations where you have fallen into authority worship?
• When, if ever, would you be willing to trust the authority of other people rather than the evidence or your senses?
Some dangers with shared knowledge
• (2) Groupthink– Phenomenon in which
members of a group suppress their own dissent in the interest of group consensus
TASK
• Watch the video found in the link below concerning conformity and groupthink– https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3-ljxTRvo
• Where have you encountered conformity and groupthink?
Some dangers with shared knowledge
• (3) Power distortion– Vested interest: an
ulterior motive for claiming that something is true or false
– E.g. governments may alter data about the state of military operations or economy
TASK
• ’Julian Assange Defends leaking Government Secrets’– How can knowledge be
abused by those in power?
Some dangers with shared knowledge
• (4) Fragmentation– Focusing more on the
parts and not understandign the whole
TASK
• Try find ways to fight against fragmentation of knowledge
• How can you have breadth of knowledge in addition to depth of knowledge?
Summary
Picture Sources
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140825135605-169269010-building-executive-trust-in-three-easy-steps
• http://www.radioinsights.com/2015/08/nielsen-cartman-moment-respect-my-authority.html
• http://webmasterformat.com/blog/build-authority-site
• http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/12/the-trouble-with-physics-another-branch-of-science-captured-by-groupthink/
Picture Sources
• http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/14/julian-assange-whistleblower-wikileaks
• http://hongkongreporting.com/2013/10/27/when-noble-ideals-collide/
• http://blog.audiocodes.com/webrtc-connectivity-solution-with-focus-on-quality-and-scale/
• http://www.sustainability.com/blog/what-s-the-big-idea#.VePuubSPftA
Picture Sources
• van de Lagemaat, Richard: Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, Second edition, Cambridge University Press 2015, page 53