The Delusion of Alternative Facts

The Delusion of Alternative Facts

First, read the designated article/document. Then, provide the following written response (using proper grammar and appropriate writing style):

(a) one paragraph (~100 words) summarizing the key points of the article – try to explain the article’s content to someone who has not yet read it.

(b) one paragraph (~100 words) with your own personal response to what you have read – reflections, critiques, questions, projections, and/or recognition of how the content relates to some aspect of our class.

Link to the article: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/the-delusion-of-alternative-facts/

During the swearing in of Donald Trump as the US president, the phrase of alternative facts joined the post-truth and fake news era. The alternative facts arose from the misinterpretation of the people who attended the swearing-in ceremony. An individual who wants to measure objective reality has to abide by some of the scientific methods including the need not to ascertain what is true but instead establish what is false. The use of the presented hypotheses has to be reliant on the data supporting them for it to survive. There is also the method that high confidence does not equal objective proof, and perception depends on perspective, but subjectivity is not a measure of reality. The issue of illusions arising because of one subjective relativism departing dramatically from the objective data might have affected the White House’s claim about the size of the inaugural crowd……

 APA 290 words