Sift (The Four Moves) | Hapgood (hapgood.us, )

Metadata

• Author: hapgood.us
• Full Title: Sift (The Four Moves) | Hapgood
• Category: #articles
• Document Tags: factchecking PKMastery processed sift
• URL: https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

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  • Note: A short list of steps to check a source, linked to effective web techniques.
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  • Note: - sense-check, do you know the website or other source?
    • remember your purpose, and titrate your level of effort accordingly
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  • Note: - who wrote this?
    • what is their expertise?
    • what might be their motivation?
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  • Note: - look for trusted sources that repeat (or refute) the claim
    • look for consensus
    • do you agree with the consensus?
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  • Note: - many things on the internet are distorted by removal of context
    • find the original source
    • sense-check the version you are evaluating against the source