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Who decides the truth without it being a zero-steps path to abuse?

• throwaway14356 4y ago
  We don't have to go for the truth even if we believe it to be obtainable. We can start by linking to accessible sources and requiring exact citations. Wikipedia has been doing it for ages. Then we may require impactful publications to be available to the public including a comment section for professionals in that field. then we can do an itemized bill disclosing who paid for the study again with a link to the entity explaining why they did and a comment section with the finances for professionals only. Have fines depending on the size of the org and the size of the audience and require retractions, updates and/or disclosure of the objections raised. That way it would be hard to publish that chocolate helps losing weight (as the funding is revealed) but if you manage to do it the citations by others would eventually link to retractions.
  • Nasrudith 4y ago
    Wikipedia doesn't have keys to power. If you want the truth to die screaming in agony you tie power to whom is decided is "right".
• lern_too_spel 4y ago
  The scientific method. If you ask how the hypothesis that Chinese concrete moved the Earth was tested, you won't receive a response.
• deleted 4y ago
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