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How do you evaluate “factuality” without knowing all the facts, though? That’s the downfall of all such services - eventually (or even immediately) they begin t
by ein0p 3y ago
How do you evaluate “factuality” without knowing all the facts, though? That’s the downfall of all such services - eventually (or even immediately) they begin to just push their preferred agenda because it’s easier and more profitable.
That said, at 16 you’re just learning, and literally whatever you accomplish will be a great achievement, so go down these paths and learn your lessons
- helloduck1234 3y agoHi there, thank you for your feedback! I think we could potentially go down the route of a web3 approach where we get the public consensus on the facts.
- ein0p 3y agoBut that doesn’t preclude lying by omission, which is a strategy employed by mass media in nearly every news article in $CURRENT_YEAR
- lm28469 3y agoSadly consensus != fact For example: "Which country contributed the most to the demise of Germany during ww2 ?" https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f7f98c319f4d9ace2079ad5a8503ec27-lq https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f7f98c319f4d9ace2079a...
- gus_massa 3y agoOn one hand, USA send a lot of war material to the Soviet Union to help it. On the other hand, I guess the change of perception is due to Hollywood.
- ein0p 3y agoLend-Lease was only about 7% of overall Soviet war expenditure. Did it help? Yes, Soviets acknowledged that post-war. Was it decisive? That’s up for debate. Did it “defeat Hitler”? LOL.
- ein0p 3y agoThat’s basically what you get if you don’t properly teach history. Idk how it is in France, but in the US I’d advise people to read Howard Zinn’s “The People’s history of the United States” to undo government brainwashing even partially, for just US history. I’m not sure what I’d recommend for history of the world, I have not yet seen a text that’d fit the bill.