Navigating a world in which we don't share the same set of facts in common
Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram Navigating a world in which we don't share the same set of facts in common by Jen Davies, nerd Nov 4, 2026 I remember how obvious it became during the COVID19 pandemic that there were clearly people in the world, and even in my life, who did not share the same set of facts in common with me. They talked about research studies that do not exist (I had access to the University of Toronto's library, which is one of the most complete in North America - they weren't there) and shared what they believed were "facts" or "common knowledge" about things related to a virus pandemic that were, in fact, NOT facts or common knowledge when I read from sources who I had been taught to trust (people with long careers in scientific research; and these other people did not always know the credentials or how to rate the trustworthiness of their information sources). And the Venn diagram of my set of facts and their s...