Abstract
In the information era, we are immersed in various kinds of information, giving us the impression that we are well informed. Thousands of pieces of information rush to our perception continuously, either by external (media, colleagues, regulations, rules, norms, directives, law, and practices) or internal canals (apprehensions, affect, mood, emotions). Nevertheless, although some of them are of high informational value, many are useless for in-depth analyses of a given situation because they are not factual. This is why our relationship to the received information is of great importance. Taking distance before sorting out the available information helps us to keep only the elements of high informational value, that is, those that let us see that the situation is made up of multiple factors, likely to be analyzed one by one in terms of their contribution to the identified problem.