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Surely it's worth asking why so many people share posts they believe to be factual so unquestioningly in the first place? Is it really so naive to think we coul
by wizofaus 4y ago
Surely it's worth asking why so many people share posts they believe to be factual so unquestioningly in the first place? Is it really so naive to think we couldn't significantly improve the average Joe's critical thinking skills? If not then it seems unlikely there's any real solution that doesn't have unwanted downsides.
But having some sort of AI capable of doing basic fact checks mightn't be so crazy... (if we can accept a red squiggly line under a misspelled word, would it bother anyone to have it automatically added under verifiably factually incorrect claims?)
- isitmadeofglass 4y ago[dead]
- amadeuspagel 4y agoPeople interpret "sharing" differently. Someone might share an article because he thinks it would be interesting if true, and wants to see more discussion of it, and someone else might interpret this as vouching for the truth of the article. Even the same person might share something without thinking about it much, then get defensive when he's attacked for it.
- scotty79 4y agoI notice some (many?) people have menatlity of "I can't be sure it's false so I'm gonna share it with you." It might have been a good strategy for the age when information was scarce. But in abundance it wrecks us.
- orbital223 4y ago> (if we can accept a red squiggly line under a misspelled word, would it bother anyone to have it automatically added under verifiably factually incorrect claims?) If you are ever able to find a definition of 'verifiably factually incorrect claims' that is accepted by everyone, the red squiggly is the trivial part.