Beware of Bad Advice! 🤔 Alex Edmans on Misinformation #badchoices #podcastclips #shortsfeed

People like to dispense black and white advice because the more clear cut the advice is, the easier it is to latch on. You can tweet it in 280 characters and if you just say exclusively breastfeed, or maybe blueberries are the secret to long life, or Never drink white wine, only red wine. Those are easy things to implement. But these black and white rules, they basically ignore the complexity and the nuances of life. The problem here is the difference between evidence and proof. So why does this really matter for teaching our kids? If we give them the idea that you can succeed in almost anything as long as you just work hard enough and have passion enough? Well, that is an inspiring message, but it might just be unrealistic. We have a view of the world, and if we see something that confirms that viewpoint, we lap it up uncritically and we don't question it.