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Re:We Experiment On Human Beings by pervycreeper on Monday July 28, 2014 @06:39PM (#8099747)
I'm surprised no one has commented on the ethics of "Experiment #3". Feeding false data to users is not something that should be taken lightly.
Re:We Experiment On Human Beings by spott on Monday July 28, 2014 @06:53PM (#8099795)
I think the premise you are assuming is wrong: You assume that it is sending false data to them to say "this person (which our algorithm has deemed is a bad match), is a good match". The problem is that until the experiment is done, you don't how good a match that person actually is. So you aren't sending them "false data," because you don't know that it is "false data".
Re:We Experiment On Human Beings by pervycreeper on Monday July 28, 2014 @08:20PM (#8100046)
If it is being reported as known, but is actually unknown, that still would be considered as 'false information'. For instance, if I claim to be clairvoyant, and predict that the next coin you toss will come up 'heads', that would be a false claim, regardless of the outcome of the coin toss.