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I would. Fact checking, unfortunately, isn’t what we think it is. Despite the superficial appearance, fact checking isn’t a helpful tool for determining the tr

I would. Fact checking, unfortunately, isn’t what we think it is. Despite the superficial appearance, fact checking isn’t a helpful tool for determining the truth and for forming an accurate opinion. Instead, it’s actually an in/out group filter which segregates people by belief and value, while allowing each group to believe they hold the Factual High-Ground, and to claim any subsequent moral position which proceeds from being “factually correct.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> Despite the superficial appearance, fact checking isn’t a helpful tool for determining the truth and for forming an accurate opinion Sure it is. Not the bare conclusions viewed uncritically, but the support with references, if it exists (which in most notable fact checkers it does) absolutely is.