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No, the things we are taught are not likely to be accurate, even if they are based on widely held beliefs within the culture. As technology progresses in our time period, theories are developing into facts with evidence. We live in an era where there is higher skepticism, however, false notions are widely spread. While facts, evidence and research are readily available, many people today still readily believe the rumors.

Widely held beliefs are full of hogwash which are practically rumors that are spread uncontrollably and rapidly without evidence. For instance, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, was claimed to have dropped out from high school to pursue his dreams. This notion is actually false, Zuckerberg actually graduated high school and also graduated from Harvard university. How did this happen? Students and people today are pushed very hard to succeed in this competitive period and economic decline. A rumor has popped up about Zuckerberg and it seem to astonish and encourage people, so the rumor escalated full-scale and many people believe this. There is also a similar case alike with Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft and also Albert Einstein, who was believed to be poor dropout.

People need to take advantage of the resources in our time falsify the untrue rumors. While people are more skeptical than those of the Renaissance period, people are still believing the rubbish that culture gives. Hard, concrete evidence is much more likely to to accurate rather than the widely held beliefs within the culture. The untrue rumors that are present today are spread by the greed that inevitably exists in all of us, satisfying one's own personal

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