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It's understood there is no universal truth, so the news here is not that these platforms are becoming distorted where they were not before. It's that social me
by riazrizvi 4y ago
It's understood there is no universal truth, so the news here is not that these platforms are becoming distorted where they were not before. It's that social media platforms in the democratic US are increasingly moderating content to align with dictators for, one assumes, money. Perhaps it's to increase platform reach in those countries, but what is the side-effect going to be on US politics with an online media landscape that now skews more heavily toward #dictator? Will US states legislatures begin to request the same 'moderation services' to support their own anti-democratic agendas? If so the country will change, the economic environment will change here, and not for the better.
- Retric 4y agoThere is a universal truth. However, a great many people have vested interests in convincing people otherwise. The most you can say is people prioritize truths differently. What you ate this morning matters very little to anyone but yourself.
- riazrizvi 4y agoWrite a book and share this universal truth, translate it into all the languages, you'll make a fortune. Last I checked, a half-billion authors are still trying to establish it. EDIT: I see you edited your comment about 'universal truth' after I answered it. I love the irony. Hail to the internet.
- Retric 4y agoThere’s little money in Math.
- riazrizvi 4y agoI see. You are asserting axiomatically consistent systems are 'universal truths' in the context of things that people say online. However, math is about processing statements, and does not make an assertion about the truth of those statements in the real world, just on whether they were processed correctly.
- Retric 4y agoNot quite, I am saying universal truths aren’t inherently something you are going to make a great deal of money from. A list of previous baseball games listing just dates and teams isn’t particularly interesting even if it’s absolute truth. Meanwhile a less accurate list of future games with teams and dates is something people might actually care about.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago> EDIT: I see you edited your comment about 'universal truth' after I answered it. I love the irony. Hail to the internet. In case anyone wonders, I believe (heh) the comment read simply "I disagree there is no universal truth."
- throwaway29812 4y agoIt's called a physics textbook and you can buy one anywhere.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoCan you give an example?
- Retric 4y agoMath
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago1 + 1 = 2 What does that even mean? What's "true" about that? It's agreed that it's true, therefore it's true.
- rightbyte 4y agoI have never understood the relativism about math fundamentals. What does it matter what we "agree to" or not? Either it is true or not. There is like no room for "kinda true but really it ..." in '1 + 1 = 2'. And I am not talking about notation semantics here.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago> kinda true but really it ... This isn't what I'm talking about. The agreement means it's not "universal". It's only true because we agree it's true. Can you prove that 1 = 1 or do we have to agree that 1 = 1? If you can't prove it, is it a "universal truth"? I'm asserting that a truth which requires an agreed context[0] is not "universal". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom
- Retric 4y agoThe universal nature of mathematical truth isn’t dependent on agreement. Instead it’s only universally true when you include all those seemingly unspoken “agreements.”
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- confuseddesi 4y agoSo is the only universal truth that there is no universal truth, and if so, why?
- riazrizvi 4y agoMaybe. Post it somewhere highly visible online, to check if everyone agrees with it. Make other statements like it. See how many you can make that remain disagreement free. I'll save you some time. As long as people engage with what you say, you'll just keep finding alternative ways to view things, no matter what you say.