Thank you again for all of your advocacy and research. Last week, our school district announced a district-wide ban on cell phone use for all middle and high schools. Your book was linked as a reference in the initial survey sent to parents.
In “These Truths: A History of the United States” by Jill Lepore, the Gallup Poll was made by by a White American Male in the Mid 1930s to measure American Public Opinion. The same systems are largely used today. 😅
“[George] Gallup liked to call public opinion measurement ‘a new field of journalism,’ ” Lepore writes. He believed he was taking the “pulse of democracy.” E. B. White, on the other hand, writes that “although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.” Though Lepore is careful to leave her own opining largely out of the narrative, it becomes clear that she rather agrees with White.
“Gallup’s polls attempted to predict the outcomes of elections, but they were also meant to scientifically represent the opinions of the nation so elected officials could know what the people wanted. But representation was the woeful problem. Although 10 percent of American citizens in the thirties and forties were black, they made up less than 2 percent of survey groups—and only in the North, because Gallup didn’t bother to survey black people in the South, where a variety of methods prevented many from voting. This was selective representation at best. Plus, Gallup’s method implied that his participants already had opinions on the issues at hand, when often these takes were formed on the spot, spawned by the question, for the simple purpose of having a yes or no answer.”
And then there is the humble serious research using reliable methods and conducted in an ethical way, with the interests of the greater public good in mind. History Is filled with these example too, let's remain hopeful especially in the year of the Jubileum of Hope.
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." Dr. Marcia Angell
All I see when I step out my door in Ontario are youth that are pale with hunchbacks, and racoon eyes - symptoms of blue light toxicity and microwave (radiofrequency) exposure. Sunlight will help us counter this trend. Thank you for all your work!
Excellent topic and great examples of how the results are questionable. To what extent are we as a nation directing policy based upon polls that are likely flawed? Thank you for bringing this to light.
With such a TRUE North you may end up like Europe which After the weirdest pandemic ever killing hundred thousand people, crippling an entire Generation with screens, generating tons of Lost jobs, traumatizing survivor elderly people, breaking families and communities apart:
Decided to prioritize ( instead of a time for repair, reconnection, and mourning,) digitalization, green transition, lgbtrights, abortion and eutanasia.
Thank you for this, sad but I agree that it's true. I used Gallup in my own thesis and I'm so disappointed. I think why the Covid data is obviously so manipulated is because at the outset they *wanted* to show that despite the obvious predictable decline in wellbeing during Covid, it was essentially "neutralized" by altruistic and pro social behavior. Complete bullshit as the exact opposite happened and the polarization is worse.
Has anyone ever considered researching "Kids development of 5 senses and screen use"?
I usually start my "Digital self-defense" workshops with an olfactory exercise (smelling Rosemary and identifying a memory, usually It Is associated with early childhood play, Happy family moments, and summer vacations). Recently, I noticed that a few kids in each group say they cannot smell anything and therefore cant retrieve memories. I started asking more questions to these "unusual Kids" and found out these were the Kids Who made extensive use of screens and videogames.
Developing 5 senses (Visual, Auditory, Kineasthetic, Olfactory, Gustatory) is of vital importance because this is how we perceive the real world and create memories .
Our Senses require training to develop, unlike normal play time, screens could be depriving children also from 5 senses development.
In a French reportage I learned patients who had lost Olfactory sense after Covid also experienced depression. It may worthwhile investigating. Are screens also robbing kids from experiencing life through 5 senses (plus intuition!)?
Thank you again for all of your advocacy and research. Last week, our school district announced a district-wide ban on cell phone use for all middle and high schools. Your book was linked as a reference in the initial survey sent to parents.
In “These Truths: A History of the United States” by Jill Lepore, the Gallup Poll was made by by a White American Male in the Mid 1930s to measure American Public Opinion. The same systems are largely used today. 😅
“[George] Gallup liked to call public opinion measurement ‘a new field of journalism,’ ” Lepore writes. He believed he was taking the “pulse of democracy.” E. B. White, on the other hand, writes that “although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.” Though Lepore is careful to leave her own opining largely out of the narrative, it becomes clear that she rather agrees with White.
Excerpt from Ilana Masad @ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/09/18/america-doesnt-have-to-be-like-this/
“Gallup’s polls attempted to predict the outcomes of elections, but they were also meant to scientifically represent the opinions of the nation so elected officials could know what the people wanted. But representation was the woeful problem. Although 10 percent of American citizens in the thirties and forties were black, they made up less than 2 percent of survey groups—and only in the North, because Gallup didn’t bother to survey black people in the South, where a variety of methods prevented many from voting. This was selective representation at best. Plus, Gallup’s method implied that his participants already had opinions on the issues at hand, when often these takes were formed on the spot, spawned by the question, for the simple purpose of having a yes or no answer.”
So yes. This article tracks.
All polls are reliable for getting the results that their funders funded.
And then there is the humble serious research using reliable methods and conducted in an ethical way, with the interests of the greater public good in mind. History Is filled with these example too, let's remain hopeful especially in the year of the Jubileum of Hope.
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." Dr. Marcia Angell
Ok Vonu I hear you. Still, I choose to trust history, our ancestors, and God Power. We Say in Italy "only death Is irriversible".
In what way does heaven not reverse death?
All I see when I step out my door in Ontario are youth that are pale with hunchbacks, and racoon eyes - symptoms of blue light toxicity and microwave (radiofrequency) exposure. Sunlight will help us counter this trend. Thank you for all your work!
Excellent topic and great examples of how the results are questionable. To what extent are we as a nation directing policy based upon polls that are likely flawed? Thank you for bringing this to light.
Oh! That s an excellent question.
With such a TRUE North you may end up like Europe which After the weirdest pandemic ever killing hundred thousand people, crippling an entire Generation with screens, generating tons of Lost jobs, traumatizing survivor elderly people, breaking families and communities apart:
Decided to prioritize ( instead of a time for repair, reconnection, and mourning,) digitalization, green transition, lgbtrights, abortion and eutanasia.
Thank you for this, sad but I agree that it's true. I used Gallup in my own thesis and I'm so disappointed. I think why the Covid data is obviously so manipulated is because at the outset they *wanted* to show that despite the obvious predictable decline in wellbeing during Covid, it was essentially "neutralized" by altruistic and pro social behavior. Complete bullshit as the exact opposite happened and the polarization is worse.
About research, screens, and Kids wellbeing:
Has anyone ever considered researching "Kids development of 5 senses and screen use"?
I usually start my "Digital self-defense" workshops with an olfactory exercise (smelling Rosemary and identifying a memory, usually It Is associated with early childhood play, Happy family moments, and summer vacations). Recently, I noticed that a few kids in each group say they cannot smell anything and therefore cant retrieve memories. I started asking more questions to these "unusual Kids" and found out these were the Kids Who made extensive use of screens and videogames.
Developing 5 senses (Visual, Auditory, Kineasthetic, Olfactory, Gustatory) is of vital importance because this is how we perceive the real world and create memories .
Our Senses require training to develop, unlike normal play time, screens could be depriving children also from 5 senses development.
In a French reportage I learned patients who had lost Olfactory sense after Covid also experienced depression. It may worthwhile investigating. Are screens also robbing kids from experiencing life through 5 senses (plus intuition!)?
No. No it is not. Read "Everybody Lies".