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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
11h ago“When you learned something was false online, what actually changed your mind: a fact, a feeling, or a person you trusted?”
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Hi. My name is Nathan over here in East Texas. I’m a lowly insurance agent by trade, but I geek out about the markets and the economy. I believe that a basic understanding of finance, how money works, and the private and public systems it operates in, is key to survival, in a... Thanks Joshua. This has a lot of overlap with my experience AI can cite it's sources these days and I've found going to the primary sources to validate what the AI said is key.... - davn8r...
I am a retired Tech guy who spent decades doing research as part of my job. Although the sources and availability of data has changed dramatically, the underlying principles of what denotes trustworthy information remains basically the same.... - Luvnola2...
Credibly for me comes from sourcing what is being said if stating a fact or statistics. If then summarizing with an opinion based on that then it can be trust.... - Standup55...
How should a normal person decide what's true?: Pragmatic pluralists
The Tuesday problem My daughter had a rash. It was 11 p.m. I had three sources: a pediatric reference my wife bought when we were pregnant, a Reddit thread from 2019, and a telehealth nurse who sounded tired. The reference said it could be nothing.... - onThe concept of this app sounds promising. Do you think the internet can be a place for deep and meaningful conversations in this day and age?byTRG...
I agree. My question would be this. How do we sort what is a lie and disinformation from what is accurate. I won't even say true. Just accurate. I try to maintain a balanced set of inputs. So as examples, on XM, I listen to Patriot, Urban, Progress, and POTUS....