Re:Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)
by blackflame7000 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @07:03PM
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Let's make a distinction between universal truths as you described and local truths that are defined as an accurate retelling of the events that unfolded at a certain time at a given place. That cannot change with time as its already been "recorded"
Re:Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)
by falcor84 on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:53AM
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You lost me at "accurate retelling"
Re:Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)
by blackflame7000 on Friday May 31, 2019 @12:40PM
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Things always happen a particular way, regardless of peoples memory of that event. Case in point, a video camera can sometimes give an accurate retelling of the events at a particular place at a particular time.
Re:Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)
by falcor84 on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:05AM
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A video is closer to the event than a textual retelling, but is still only a proxy. The choice of camera positioning can significantly change the viewer's perception of the event, and the narrative formed.
Re:Terry Pratchett warns Bill Gates about fake news (1995)
by blackflame7000 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:45PM
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Ok then let the accurate retelling be defined as the view from all angles. One need not interpret events that transpired before to interpret the action because thats where bias in news comes from. It comes from trying to infer meaning and deduce reasoning with no factual proof. Actions speak louder than words so its more important to describe the action than the intent
Is truth really constant though? The answer would probably depend on the domain being considered. Many things change over time and truth can change with them. So perhaps the core problem is that multiple contradictory “truths” can exist depending on ones point of view and ones point in time.
This would be separate from intentional misinformation which does tie into the debate. It seems likely that the modern problem of multiple clocks could just be a representation of different points of view.