We think of parity bits and stuff as protection against noise but the original checksums were against deception http://nakamotoinstitute.org/the-playdough-protocols/ …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
Ideology can be seen as a truth claim forming an axis of cooperation, subject to many "checks" for veracity - ritual, emotional, cognitive
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
What I call "unprincipled exception Whack-A-Mole" and weaponized sacredness are just advanced stages of ideology veracity checking
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@sarahdoingthing Why have these sorts of signals become less important? Easier to check references these days?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart have they? my perception is that they have become more important, with new content2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing I guess in the sense that they're less necessary for social survival. It's possible to more-or-less opt-out and do fine.
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