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Why It’s Important To Verify The Truth Today

The 24/7 cycle of news has a numbing effect

Dr. Fatima Imam
3 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Facts might impede perspectives if taken at face value. Facts might obscure the origins of the problem. Facts might not be enough to understand anything without proper analysis completely. Nevertheless, facts are the core of every kernel of knowledge human beings are interested in.

First and foremost, the facts have to be verified and validated, but only if value and trust are entrusted to facts. To live in a world where logic works, facts are important, but the methodology of evaluating them is vital.

Facts lead us to stories, histories, and legacies; however, they cannot be manufactured out of falsehood to create ideologies, dictums, and laws.

Facts can be dull, uninteresting, bland and extremely difficult to process, yet they depend on logical, sensible, and intelligent people for their analysis. Without sane minds, the vulnerable facts can be hijacked by the conniving, greedy, and, at times, insane minds to manipulate them…

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Dr. Fatima Imam

Poet, writer, artist, historian, educator, advocate of underrepresented voices, and cat lover.