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Call me a pedant, but I'd say OP is enabling "consensus checking" I find the present day's fact checking wave is a misnomer. In a world where something is fals
by jpttsn 8y ago
Call me a pedant, but I'd say OP is enabling "consensus checking"
I find the present day's fact checking wave is a misnomer. In a world where something is false, but sourced, most of what we call fact-checking would only reinforce mistruths.
e.g.
The ratio of circumference to diameter is exactly three to one [1][2][3]
[1]: the Bible.
[2]: pious scholars.
[3]: low-tech experiments.
Would be cool to see someone think carefully about what "real" "fact checking" would be. First-hand sources? Links to instructions for replicating findings?
Consensus checking is of course also an interesting problem, albeit a pretty different one.
- NateEag 8y agoOfftopic, but the Bible does not actually use a value of 3 for pi: https://www.purplemath.com/modules/bibleval.htm https://www.purplemath.com/modules/bibleval.htm