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This is really just unhelpful from them. Biases should be expected and understood. People should just know not to trust everything it says as fact and only use
by Madmallard 4y ago
This is really just unhelpful from them.
Biases should be expected and understood. People should just know not to trust everything it says as fact and only use it as a source of ideas.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y ago> Biases should be expected and understood. People should just know not to trust everything it says as fact and only use it as a source of ideas. Uhh, the past decade of the Internet called, please pick up. In seriousness, I think it's been proven well enough that people, generally, can't do this. Shouting "people need to be able to judge the reliability of their sources!" is cold comfort to, for example, victims of a Facebook-spread genocide.
- rootusrootus 4y ago> In seriousness, I think it's been proven well enough that people, generally, can't do this. You are implying that there are a subset of people who can. And they will protect society? Who are these people, and how did/do we select them?
- MacsHeadroom 4y agoHigher IQ high functioning autistic people, mostly.
- Madmallard 4y agoApples to oranges completely and the site has all the means to train and constantly remind you that it is not to be trusted for truthful information.