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The most likely truth is one which is sourced from multiple, non-associated entities, or ones which don't have incentive to co-operate. This would rule out the
by pertymcpert 8y ago
The most likely truth is one which is sourced from multiple, non-associated entities, or ones which don't have incentive to co-operate. This would rule out the government model because they are a single source and they have a vested interest in pushing a single "truth", not to say that they're always wrong.
Much like wikipedia, if you source from a diverse enough base of information and providers, you are more likely to land on the truth than not.
- paradite 8y agoI don't think Wikipedia is a good example. It has suffered from vandalism and edit wars (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring). It will only get worse when more people rely on it and more people have incentives to vandalize it. Also, it is not a source of truth, it is merely an aggregation service. So it doesn't effectively solve the problem where two sources claim the opposite and the reader doesn't know who to trust.
- pertymcpert 8y agoYes, but most of the time you will have more than two sources.