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MineralMan

(149,484 posts)
4. I remember that study, but did not immediately link it to Templeton.
Fri Mar 22, 2019, 11:14 AM
Mar 2019

This is, however, yet another example of the need to double check sources when looking at excerpts from biased sources like religionnews.com. It's a PITA to do, though, so most of the time people don't even click the link in the original DU post, much less investigate further.

Knowing that DUers don't usually investigate quoted material makes it easy to inject biased information into thread-starting posts. It works especially well if you only excerpt very small portions of an sourced story. I find that troublesome.

However, in the case of religionnews.com, I know immediately that the source is biased toward the religionist viewpoint, so I often just consider the source and move on. However, I was not familial with the Templeton Foundation, so I looked into it more deeply.

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