Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts

Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by DanWaterworth on Friday April 05, 2013 @05:16AM (#5497402)

This has suddenly become very philosophical. My view is that a database of facts should contain things that are believed to be facts. It should be possible to remove facts that are shown to be incorrect, but those things should never have been true.

> I'd also like to take this moment to point out that "you're" is the proper contraction of "you are", since we're getting all semantic.

I know, it annoys me too. By the time I'd realized it was too late to edit. Typos happen.

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Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by jacalata on Friday April 05, 2013 @05:04PM (#5501024)

"My view is that a database of facts should contain things that are believed to be facts. It should be possible to remove facts that are shown to be incorrect, but those things should never have been true."

But they definitely were true. I thought you were making a distinction between 'something that is true' and 'something that is a fact (ie: is unchangingly true)' which I don't think most people make.

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