Research Isn't Just Accepting What Someone Else Tells You

[LittleSally]

If someone tells you the sky is actually red...you'd claim that as research and try to debate about it with that claim being a fact for you? No. Why not? because just because someone says that's so, doesn't mean it actually is.

Books, scientific articles, actual proof > photographic and otherwise - is what makes something the basis of good research.

Also - depending on new information and the credibility of a site, author, person or persons you're gathering information from > your 'facts' may not necessarily be facts at all.

People lie - for one reason or another [trying to avoid being judged, avoid being prosecuted, avoid being seen as racist/sexist/misanthropic/...] - so before you go online and read something a publicist said: maybe you should do your own research - based on actual facts.

Good luck!

[goaded]

Why bother, when you can just shout "there's no evidence I'm wrong!", ignoring museums full of such evidence?

[juliaanita]

good for you.