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Maybe I am just being cynical but I feel like a decentralized information verification system would be a prime target for abuse. Would a majority opinion just b
by sbradford26 8y ago
Maybe I am just being cynical but I feel like a decentralized information verification system would be a prime target for abuse. Would a majority opinion just become indisputable truth?
I am basing my idea of this off of a blockchain based approach but I am not sure if that is what you are referencing.
- 2038AD 8y ago>Would a majority opinion just become indisputable truth? Even worse -- a decentralized information verification system will endorse the opinions of the few while claiming to be majority-rule.
- douglaswlance 8y agoIf that were the case, then it wouldn't be embraced by the ever more intelligent public.
- douglaswlance 8y agoIt would need to be designed in such a way to protect against mob rule. I would suggest that it follow the Scientific Theory and implement similar controls for pursuing truth.
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- notduncansmith 8y agoIt would definitely be a target for abuse, but the socioeconomic incentive structures can be modified to encourage truth. Speaking of truth, framing is very important and for a platform like this: a majority opinion wouldn’t represent “indisputable truth” but rather “our current best collective guess”. You don’t treat knowledge in your head as immutable, you update it when you find better information (ideally).