SHARED KNOWLEDGE

1. SHARED KNOWLEDGE TOK LAJM

2. TASK • Shared knowledge comes to us ’second hand’ from others • Who should you trust? • What kind of sources are trustworthy?

3. Some dangers with shared knowledge • (1) Authority worship • Uncritically accepting something as true simply because an authority says it is true

4. TASK • Can you point situations where you have fallen into authority worship? • When, if ever, would you be willing to trust the authority of other people rather than the evidence or your senses?

5. Some dangers with shared knowledge • (2) Groupthink • Phenomenon in which members of a group suppress their own dissent in the interest of group consensus

6. TASK • Watch the video found in the link below concerning conformity and groupthink • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3-ljxTRvo • Where have you encountered conformity and groupthink?

7. Some dangers with shared knowledge • (3) Power distortion • Vested interest: an ulterior motive for claiming that something is true or false • E.g. governments may alter data about the state of military operations or economy

8. TASK • ’Julian Assange Defends leaking Government Secrets’ • How can knowledge be abused by those in power? Go online and find examples of power distortion that are related to knowledge

9. Some dangers with shared knowledge • (4) Fragmentation • Focusing more on the parts and not understanding the whole

10. TASK • Try find ways to fight against fragmentation of knowledge • How can you have breadth of knowledge in addition to depth of knowledge?

11. GROUP WORK • What are the pros and the cons of shared knowledge? • Form five groups • Do the assignments designated by the teacher • Compile a short presentation and prepare to present your conclusions to others

12. TASK • And once again! • Who should you trust? • What criteria do we have for distinguishing more and less reliable sources?

13. CARS checklist

14. Summary

15. TASK • What kind of knowledge questions can you create based on what you have learned from shared knowledge? • Trustworthiness, authority, power, breadth and depth of knowledge etc.

16. Picture Sources • Rock climbers <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140825135605-169269010-building-executive-trust-in-three-easy-steps> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Cartman <http://www.radioinsights.com/2015/08/nielsen-cartman-moment-respect-my-authority.html> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Speaker in front of a group <http://webmasterformat.com/blog/build-authority-site> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Groupthink 1 and 2 <http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/12/the-trouble-with-physics-another-branch-of-science-captured-by-groupthink/> Accessed 1st of September 2015.

17. Picture Sources • Julian Assange 1 <http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/14/julian-assange-whistleblower-wikileaks> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Julian Assange 2 <http://hongkongreporting.com/2013/10/27/when-noble-ideals-collide/> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Aristotelquote <http://blog.audiocodes.com/webrtc-connectivity-solution-with-focus-on-quality-and-scale/> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Blackboard <http://www.sustainability.com/blog/what-s-the-big-idea#.VePuubSPftA> Accessed 1st of September 2015. • Internet pipeline <http://click-accenture.com/monetising-big-data-information-age/#.VeQDbLSPftA> Accessed 1st of September 2015.

18. Picture Sources • CARS checklist. van de Lagemaat, Richard: Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, Second edition, Cambridge University Press 2015, page 69 • Summary of personal and sharedknowledge. van de Lagemaat, Richard: Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, Second edition, Cambridge University Press 2015, page 53. • Knowledge questions <https://tok-a-journey.wikispaces.com/Knowledge+Questions> Accessed 25th of September 2017.