The problem is as cartoonist Gemma Correll quipped in 2016, "the fountain of knowledge versus the geyser of crap off the internet" (
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The more serious analysis is that veracity and reliability of the net are worse than they are with paper and books because the barrier to entry and distribution is effectively zero. We haven't leveraged technology to increase the quality of information, just its accessibility and cost.
The quality and veracity should be part of the mechanism.
I'm trying to propose systems that have yet to be imagined, feel free to dismiss them, it's fine.
I should probably write an article on it. But we're talking 10,000 words, probably 4-8 weeks (I'd do interviews, citations, ask for reviewers, etc.) I can't really do that here in a comment thread.
The problem with the current veracity systems is that people with bad epistemologies put us in the same place as before. If millions of people thought astrology charts and dream interpretations were more valid than germ theory than our current veracity systems would hand out medical degrees to fortune tellers.
It's insufficient. You need theory of science to take a bigger role in the design.
I'm on vacation now but when I return I'll seriously consider it.
The more serious analysis is that veracity and reliability of the net are worse than they are with paper and books because the barrier to entry and distribution is effectively zero. We haven't leveraged technology to increase the quality of information, just its accessibility and cost.
The quality and veracity should be part of the mechanism.
I'm trying to propose systems that have yet to be imagined, feel free to dismiss them, it's fine.
I should probably write an article on it. But we're talking 10,000 words, probably 4-8 weeks (I'd do interviews, citations, ask for reviewers, etc.) I can't really do that here in a comment thread.
The problem with the current veracity systems is that people with bad epistemologies put us in the same place as before. If millions of people thought astrology charts and dream interpretations were more valid than germ theory than our current veracity systems would hand out medical degrees to fortune tellers.
It's insufficient. You need theory of science to take a bigger role in the design.
I'm on vacation now but when I return I'll seriously consider it.