There are lies of commission and lies of omission. The latter are also lies & inevitable with any editorial line. This makes them invisible.
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Do you know of any open knowledge organization project that does better than Wikipedia wrt aiming for truth, btw?
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Replying to @Plinz
No. But I think the wiki model is fundamentally flawed. We need to rethink this. We need to support multiple living hypotheses.
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Replying to @vakibs
epistemic pluralism is often necessary, but it is not intrinsically virtuous
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Replying to @Plinz
As Churchill would say, it is the best of all evils. I hate Churchill but I agree with him on this :)
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Replying to @Plinz
I mean the least evil option is democracy with multiple living hypotheses and settling disputes gradually, probably taking forever.
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Replying to @vakibs
Democracy is a tool for legitimizing decisions, not for making good ones
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Replying to @Plinz
I understand this viewpoint. But I don't subscribe to it. I am not yet cynical enough :)
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I trust the humans to arrive at the optimal decision if and when they cool down their tempers and consciously try to reduce bias.
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Do you have peer reviewed research to support that wild hypothesis? :)
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Replying to @Plinz
LOL no :) but see this link. I don't want to look for evidence. I presume this, otherwise no point in communication. https://www.singularityweblog.com/human-swarming-and-the-future-of-collective-intelligence/ …
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For me, the great mystery is why we should understand each other at all. If we don't admit a shared consciousness, I think it is impossible.
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