Always Keep an Objective View
There are millions of stories on the internet, millions. There are always new trends, new events that are happening and new promises. With millions of stories, there are millions of people reading it and shaping their opinions. Reading everything brings confusion, and this is especially true when the story concerns you and you have to make a decision.
What you have to do is to simply keep and objective view, and read the opinions simply as “potentially relevant” information. The ways most internet users treat information is like adding blocks that just stack up one on top of the other, and they let opinions shape their own view.
Even the most credible experts are biased. Have you ever watched a sports event and hear commentators talk and analyze the game, or pay attention during big events such as the SuperBowl, the World Soccer Cup or Grand Slams. After 10 minutes, I can clearly tell which team or player the commentator is siding for. Just the way he or she is describing the game, or the things and the tone they are commenting on such things like referee decisions or opponents plays are big tip offs, they are very subtle, but the supposed neutrality isn’t there. We’re all humans and we are driven by emotion, it is only normal that we are so easily influenced.
Keeping an objective view on anything gives you a leading step. When money is in play like in the stock market, this becomes crucial. One way you can easily tell if the tone is biased or not is to see if the author himself has any connection with the story. We are all inclined to defend what we have, even if we know that sometimes we are in the wrong.
Just think of consoles, PS3 and XBOX 360. Both are great in my opinion, and I would personally get both of them and play both of them if I had time. But no one can deny the lack of interesting games for the PS3 at the moment compared to the XBOX360, and at the same time, no one can also deny the power of the PS3 with the folding at home experiment. On the other side, when you read articles and user comments, how many users do you see pointing the downsides of the consoles they own? Very few.
Always remember, in whatever field you are in, there will always be people driven by emotion who do not clearly show all the aspects. Don’t be a sheep and do not follow before understanding how the game you are in works.