collusion - not

I wonder - did I ever think there was collusion? I can imagine a) I did and b) I may have had doubts.

What I did think was that Russia used Facebook, etc.. to spread misinformation to confuse and influence voting. THAT was clear and easy to believe. I didn't call it by its old name and that old name was used in a report I heard today and the old name is: propaganda. Sometimes propaganda is true! Sometimes, false. Always it is targeted at various populations and it has intent. Sometimes it is done openly and sometimes secretly. The election propaganda efforts by Russians were done secretly and their intent was at least to sow or support feelings of discontent in various groups AND it has also caused many to lose trust in the election process.

Trust in the election process, i.,e. trust in the validity of votes is NOT the problem, I think and hope.

What IS the problem is our finding it difficult to trust information sources. Journalists, scientists, doctors, scholars, government agencies, police forces, and other information and action people and organization such as ones just listed were once valued and trusted AND TRUE... for the most part. YES - science and scientists and other experts are neither perfect nor solid in their views. New evidence changes the views of people who are open to new evidence and information. The various experts - and that is what the list shows - learn and try to stay up to date and accurate. That is their job and finding the right people to trust is more important the finding the most trustworthy opinions -- because opinions and science and truth changes as time moves forward bringing new information and ways of measuring things.

There is a difference between unchanging faith and the progress of science as information and technology change. Both faith and science have their important areas of interest and truth. I believe doing good is good and learning is good, too. I believe there are things which can not be known and it is wise to know as much as we can know. Faith(s) provide guidance for living with uncertainty while science(s) try to reduce uncertainty when possible. Faith may heal cancer and science/medicine may also heal cancer. As some say: Faith gives us the hope that our intellects though science/medicine will find cures in a timely manner.

Blessings/pray and Study/Experiment!