The video nobody wants to watch: shooting the messenger
A video advocating critical thinking education in schools has met a reaction that attacks the presenter's looks instead. The irony of the echo chamber…
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The video nobody wants to watch: shooting the messenger
A video of more than twenty minutes, with an explicit recommendation to start watching it from minute 22, has sparked a debate that says more about the viewers than about the content itself. The person sharing it proposes that it be shown in schools so that people stop being "shepherded". The response, however, was not long in coming: instead of analysing the message, the messenger has been attacked.
The messenger as the argument
He has been criticised for his make-up, his way of dressing, even for a septum piercing. Some have called him pedantic or degenerate, without engaging with what he actually says. The author of the recommendation responds by accusing his critics of being in an echo chamber, unwilling to look beyond their own ideas. And he adds that the video, whoever made it, explains how to stop being the fool who bleats whenever the shepherd tells him to.
The irony of the reaction
The video, attributed to a presenter called Mikel whom some place in the "proge" sphere, appears to be about manipulation and critical thinking. The reaction, however, shows that the criticism stops at the surface: the presenter's appearance becomes the main argument against it. The recommendation to start watching at minute 22 suggests the video saves the best for last, but most people have not even reached the halfway point.
Meanwhile, the proposal to bring it into schools remains on the table, and the question is whether critical thinking is taught or blocked.
A video of more than twenty minutes, with an explicit recommendation to start watching it from minute 22, has sparked a debate that says more about the viewers than about the content itself. The person sharing it proposes that it be shown in schools so that people stop being "shepherded". The response, however, was not long in coming: instead of analysing the message, the messenger has been attacked.
The messenger as the argument
He has been criticised for his make-up, his way of dressing, even for a septum piercing. Some have called him pedantic or degenerate, without engaging with what he actually says. The author of the recommendation responds by accusing his critics of being in an echo chamber, unwilling to look beyond their own ideas. And he adds that the video, whoever made it, explains how to stop being the fool who bleats whenever the shepherd tells him to.
The irony of the reaction
The video, attributed to a presenter called Mikel whom some place in the "proge" sphere, appears to be about manipulation and critical thinking. The reaction, however, shows that the criticism stops at the surface: the presenter's appearance becomes the main argument against it. The recommendation to start watching at minute 22 suggests the video saves the best for last, but most people have not even reached the halfway point.
Meanwhile, the proposal to bring it into schools remains on the table, and the question is whether critical thinking is taught or blocked.
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