The most important goal of higher education: it was to ensure that graduates can recognize when “someone is talking rot.” (高等教育最重要目標就是,確保畢業的學生能分辨有人在胡說八道。)
Freshman Convocation Address to the Class of 2021, Harvard University
University President Drew G. Faust(Photo Credit:MEGAN M. ROS)
整篇演講有三個重點:
1. Expect to be wrong
必須對新思維和新角度抱有開放態度,和自己也會犯錯的可能性。
2. Recognise when “someone is talking rot”
挑戰和被挑戰都是學習認清是非、誰在說謊的機會,當有人表示不同意時,正是思考和找出真相的途徑,從而知道誰在胡言亂語。
3. Don’t be silent and engage in debate
面對面的溝通不用說,網路更會發生不自覺的「過濾氣泡現象」(Filter Bubble)和「回聲室效應」(Echo Chamber)。