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Ask HN: What percent of facts on the Internet are false?
If instantly all information on the Internet was fact checked by a hypothetical system that had universal knowledge, what percent of information do you think would be found incorrect?
- WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
- yuppie_scum 5y ago30%, including this one
- mikewarot 5y agoIf you had such a box, you would find out that all of our known laws of physics are likely wrong, in that they are approximations of some yet unknown better theory of everything, as Newtons laws were surpassed by Relativity, etc. History is all collective opinion. Facts depend on viewpoint. In detail, I think almost all "facts" are wrong. In aggregate, however, I think that most facts are likely to be close enough to be useful, and thus "true".
- gregjor 5y agoFact (noun): a thing that is known or proved to be true. So, 100% of facts on the internet are true.
- aksss 5y agoIf they’re not true, they’re not facts right? Are you asking how much horseshit can be contained on the Internet? Son, look skyward.. see the stars? That’s how much and more.
- lamontcg 5y ago97.8 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot to win an argument.