Knowledge Vs Opinion Vs Propaganda

... Theory of Knowledge Essay 1. There are many different authorities, including academies, politicians, global organisations and companies, who make knowledge claims. As an experienced TOK student, what criteria do you use to distinguish between knowledge, opinion and propaganda? In the modern and technological age of the 21st century, every human being around the world is united through the relentless flow of information that is forcefully being driven into our minds. As we live out our lives, we are continuously presented with this information at every turn, which, through the aid of our senses is then processed and interpreted in the appropriate procedure. Although this process is largely accepted, the flow of information has reached alarmingly high levels, to the extent that as a species we have not only gotten too familiar with the process, but have also learnt to overlook it completely. While this process of reasoning and classification has deteriorated, the

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