Whatever you read, watch, or listen to requires discernment in order to recognize and be aware of attempts to confuse, delude, or even deceive. Ideas transmitted to the brain come from various sources where thinking does the actual work to process inputs. The word discernment means to see what is not evident to the average mind, accurately assessing character or motives. My daughter suggested a book for me to read. When I told her that I didn’t agree with the writer’s basic argument, she said, “Spit out the bones.” My daughter made the point that the book had some helpful and valid ideas, trusting that I could discern those and…