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> Even you generally accept Wikipedia as a source of factual information That reduces it to a binary choice: Accept or not accept. A point of my comment is tha
by forapurpose 8y ago
> Even you generally accept Wikipedia as a source of factual information
That reduces it to a binary choice: Accept or not accept. A point of my comment is that the choice is not binary.
- wpietri 8y agoMost of the time the behavior is binary. People go in search of an answer. They find one, accept it, and then stop looking. I agree that there are sometimes more complex behaviors in relation to information, which is why I said "generally".
- forapurpose 8y ago> Most of the time the behavior is binary I'm not sure I agree, but it would be interesting to study. I think people assign a trust value to almost any information they encounter. For example, I would guess that you assign a 'trust value' to this comment based on where it is (HN), who wrote it (a commenter that you likely don't know), how it's written (the sophistication of the English and the argument), the emotion (sarcastic? angry? humorous? all caps? calm and reasoned? etc.), etc. On the other hand, for some things I agree that I don't care much about the trust value because I don't care much about the accuracy, such as 'who sang that song I can't get out of my head'. Which means we have to draw a distinction between trust and caring about trust.