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0 pointsilliac7861mo ago0 comments

Let say I’m asking “what’s the latest in Hormuz?”. What is the primary source for this?

For most things I research, there is only secondary sources, reporting on an event, a trend…

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imoverclocked1mo ago· 2 in thread

Sounds like a good question to ask Google (… only partially joking)

There are many primary sources depending on exactly what you are looking for. Shipping/port manifests or even stats are often findable. People in the region witnessing first-hand what is happening. If you are interested in political views then people who are in charge of policy and control resources in the region. Etc etc…

If you want a summary then, yes, you want a journalist or another source that looks at primary sources and has some knowledge of the region to start with to help give context to a specific situation.

illiac786OP1mo ago

Just wanted to check you really meant primary source.

I don’t understand how you can learn anything then. News is off limits for you, history, sciences (unless you do the experiment yourself) as well. Math might be possible, at least you can check the proof yourself without having to travel anywhere. At least one can see the earth isn‘t flat by getting on a plane, but one has to squint a bit.

More seriously, to summarise, I don’t believe you live by this principle, you would live under a rock and I wouldn’t be chatting with you.

imoverclocked1mo ago

You have made a strange logical jump. By answering your question you seem to have gleaned more about me than seems reasonable.

I did state, “when I’m searching for something,” which (in my view) is different than simply being curious or watching/reading the news; One does need to be careful with what news they consume.

I usually don’t search for my news.

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