SHARED KNOWLEDGE TOK LAJM TASK Shared knowledge comes

SHARED KNOWLEDGE TOK LAJM

TASK • Shared knowledge comes to us ’second hand’ from others – Who should you trust? – What kind of sources are trustworthy?

Some dangers with shared knowledge • (1) Authority worship – Uncritically accepting something as true simply because an authority says it is true

TASK • Can you point situations where you have fallen into authority worship? • When, if ever, would you be willing to trust the authority of other people rather than the evidence or your senses?

Some dangers with shared knowledge • (2) Groupthink – Phenomenon in which members of a group suppress their own dissent in the interest of group consensus

TASK • Watch the video found in the link below concerning conformity and groupthink – https: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=ds 3 -ljx. TRvo • Where have you encountered conformity and groupthink?

Some dangers with shared knowledge • (3) Power distortion – Vested interest: an ulterior motive for claiming that something is true or false – E. g. governments may alter data about the state of military operations or economy

TASK • ’Julian Assange Defends leaking Government Secrets’ – How can knowledge be abused by those in power? Go online and find examples of power distortion that are related to knowledge

Some dangers with shared knowledge • (4) Fragmentation – Focusing more on the parts and not understanding the whole

TASK • Try find ways to fight against fragmentation of knowledge • How can you have breadth of knowledge in addition to depth of knowledge?

GROUP WORK • What are the pros and the cons of shared knowledge? – Form five groups – Do the assignments designated by the teacher – Compile a short presentation and prepare to present your conclusions to others

TASK • And once again! – Who should you trust? – What criteria do we have for distinguishing more and less reliable sources?

CARS checklist

Summary

TASK • What kind of knowledge questions can you create based on what you have learned from shared knowledge? – Trustworthiness, authority, power, breadth and depth of knowledge etc.

Picture Sources • Rock climbers <https: //www. linkedin. com/pulse/20140825135605169269010 -building-executive-trust-in-three-easy-steps> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Cartman <http: //www. radioinsights. com/2015/08/nielsen-cartman -moment-respect-my-authority. html> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Speaker in front of a group <http: //webmasterformat. com/blog/build-authority-site> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Groupthink 1 and 2 <http: //wattsupwiththat. com/2014/10/12/thetrouble-with-physics-another-branch-of-science-captured-bygroupthink/> Accessed 1 st of September 2015.

Picture Sources • Julian Assange 1 <http: //www. theguardian. com/media/2010/jul/14/julian-assangewhistleblower-wikileaks> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Julian Assange 2 <http: //hongkongreporting. com/2013/10/27/when-noble-idealscollide/> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Aristotel quote <http: //blog. audiocodes. com/webrtc-connectivitysolution-with-focus-on-quality-and-scale/> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Blackboard <http: //www. sustainability. com/blog/what-s-the-bigidea#. Ve. Puub. SPft. A> Accessed 1 st of September 2015. • Internet pipeline <http: //click-accenture. com/monetising-big-datainformation-age/#. Ve. QDb. LSPft. A> Accessed 1 st of September 2015.

Picture Sources • CARS checklist. van de Lagemaat, Richard: Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, Second edition, Cambridge University Press 2015, page 69 • Summary of personal and shared knowledge. van de Lagemaat, Richard: Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, Second edition, Cambridge University Press 2015, page 53. • Knowledge questions <https: //tok-ajourney. wikispaces. com/Knowledge+Questions> Accessed 25 th of September 2017.