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Re:Request for Startups: News, Jobs, and Democracy by wu-ikkyu on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:57PM (#13534611)
The problem of "fake news" is the same as the age old Koan of truth vs. falsehood. Truth is subjective and relative to the time period and cultural mythologies, and is always changing. How can we even begin to solve this apparent problem if we can't even objectively define our variables, lest we become digital Don Quixotes?
Re:Request for Startups: News, Jobs, and Democracy by notforgot on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:05PM (#13537147)
"1 + 1 = 2" is true and objective for an infinite time period.
Re:Request for Startups: News, Jobs, and Democracy by hyperdunc on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:54PM (#13537478)
But if you want to share that truth it relies on a mutual understanding of what those symbols mean.

The language of math is near universal, but political language isn't.

Re:Request for Startups: News, Jobs, and Democracy by wu-ikkyu on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:52AM (#13551986)
That's cool if you're trying to program a rudimentary calculator.

However, "Truth" in the sociological sense is not constrained to mathematics.