{"id":7014,"date":"2022-06-03T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T03:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/?page_id=7014"},"modified":"2023-03-03T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:09:59","slug":"controlling-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/theory-of-knowledge\/5186-2\/controlling-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlling Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Key Concepts &#8211; Truth and Interpretation<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In what ways is factual evidence sometimes used, abused, dismissed and ignored in politics?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#b678d8\"><p class=\"has-background\" id=\"Milgram\" style=\"background-color:#b678d8\"><strong>The Milgram Experiment<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Milgram Experiment | THE HEIST | Derren Brown\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xxq4QtK3j0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/milgram.html\">The Milgram Experiment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#bb7ad5\"><p class=\"has-background\" id=\"Khmer\" style=\"background-color:#bb7ad5\"><strong>The Khmer Rouge and Killing Fields<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/the-khmer-rouge\">History.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.killingfieldsmuseum.com\/s21-victims.html\">Killing Fields Museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-10684399\">Khmer Rouge and Cambodia\u2019s years of brutality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p07frcwg\">Surviving the Killing Fields<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#bc7fd6\"><p class=\"has-background\" id=\"Red\" style=\"background-color:#bc7fd6\"><strong>Chairman Mao\u2019s Red Guards<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Frank Dikotter, a prominent historian on the life of Chairman Mao, the period of the Cultural Revolution saw the intelligentsia attacked and sometimes killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Teachers<\/strong>&nbsp;targeted by students, encouraged by Mao. These students would form the&nbsp;<strong>Red Guards<\/strong>. The attacks on the teachers aimed to remove the \u2018<strong>Four Olds<\/strong>\u2018 \u2013 Old Culture, Old Customs, Old Habits, and Old Ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dikkoter<\/strong>&nbsp;explained that there were two periods, the&nbsp;<strong>Red Years 1966-68<\/strong>&nbsp;where the Red Guards look for their teachers and the&nbsp;<strong>intelligentsia<\/strong>.&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<strong>Black Years 1968-1971<\/strong>, the army takes over. It looks for potential rivals and the educated. Millions are \u2018re-educated\u2019 by sending them to the countryside. After Lin Bao dies (in a questionable plane crash) the Grey Years set in, the army no longer in charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ba8cda\"><p class=\"has-background\" id=\"Covid\" style=\"background-color:#ba8cda\"><strong>Covid-19<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why have political leaders sometimes tried to control or eradicate specific<br>bodies of knowledge?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should experts make the decisions in their country or elected officials? Whose knowledge do you trust, what are the limitations of each? In this time of Covid, are politicians absolving themselves of responsibility by giving scientific and medical experts the platforms to address the nation? Does it all depend on the results? What makes an \u2018expert\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why would you trust a health secretary\/minister more than a scientific\/medical \u2018expert\u2019?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why would you trust the expert more?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who would listen to the expert more? Why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where do people get their information from regarding Covid?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can the public gather sufficient information to develop a judgement?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which logical fallacies are used when judging the threat of Covid?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is building up herd immunity a moral act? Should a government adopt a utilitarian approach?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can a political situation within a country affect Covid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2018\/may\/01\/why-replacing-politicians-with-experts-is-a-reckless-idea\">Why replacing politicians with experts is a reckless idea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-latin-america-52367849\">Coronavirus advice ignored by Brazil\u2019s President Jair Bolsonaro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1262252\/coronavirus-sweden-european-union-covid19-stockholm-lockdown-spt\">Coronavirus bombshell: Real reason Sweden is ignoring rest of Europe exposed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Saving Science with Sciencepiration - Tonightly With Tom Ballard\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_QWJjEUSqzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#b486e0\"><p class=\"has-background\" id=\"Internet\" style=\"background-color:#b486e0\"><strong>The Internet<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>and the News<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Has technology changed how and where our political views are shaped?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to choose your news - Damon Brown\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-Y-z6HmRgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How Facebook is Changing Your Internet | Times Documentaries\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cR_XVGemAnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Science V Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/why-im-sticking-up-for-science\/\">Why I\u2019m sticking up for science<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Concepts &#8211; 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