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"if you have a society where people can't agree on the basic facts, how do you have a functioning democracy?" with a functioning priesthood as the mediator of
by iamthepieman 10y ago
"if you have a society where people can't agree on the basic facts, how do you have a functioning democracy?"
with a functioning priesthood as the mediator of truth exactly like societies around the world throughout history have determined the truth. The question is not if this will happen, it's "who are currently the priests?"
- yarou 10y agoWe (as the tech community) have inherited that role. How one defines truth is probably outside of the scope of my reply, so I'll abstain from commenting on it. However, suffice it to say I would rather have a plurality of viewpoints, where some may be misleading, than a singular viewpoint handed down to me.