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Could an auto logic checker be the solution to the fake news problem?
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Material that arouses heated emotions within the viewer spreads faster and wider than well-considered, evidence-based argument.
For an elected leader, a u-turn is seen as the ultimate betrayal, but for a scientist, changing views in the face of better evidence is a sign of the highest integrity....
Imagine, if you will, a sort of spellchecker application for ideas... Right click, reject correction... the checker now knows you must believe one of several alternatives... you’ve succeeded in removing the squiggly underline, so long as at least one of those alternatives is compatible with all the other beliefs you’ve previously taught the checker. If not, then you’ll get another error message... you’ll ultimately be forced either to reject the scientific method altogether, or more productively, to confront the inconsistencies in your views...
this isn’t so far from today’s internet search extended into the semantic web... building a community of people to create the supporting data is harder than building the technology.
For an elected leader, a u-turn is seen as the ultimate betrayal, but for a scientist, changing views in the face of better evidence is a sign of the highest integrity....
Imagine, if you will, a sort of spellchecker application for ideas... Right click, reject correction... the checker now knows you must believe one of several alternatives... you’ve succeeded in removing the squiggly underline, so long as at least one of those alternatives is compatible with all the other beliefs you’ve previously taught the checker. If not, then you’ll get another error message... you’ll ultimately be forced either to reject the scientific method altogether, or more productively, to confront the inconsistencies in your views...
this isn’t so far from today’s internet search extended into the semantic web... building a community of people to create the supporting data is harder than building the technology.
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