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To: SeekAndFind
If the name Katherine Maher sounds uncomfortably familiar, it's because she gave a TED Talk entitled “What Wikipedia Teaches Us About Balancing Truth and Beliefs.”

She actually stated,

In our normal lives, these contentious conversations tend to erupt over a disagreement about what the truth actually is.  But the people who write these articles, they're not focused on the truth. They're focused on something else, which is the best of what we can know right now.

And after seven years of working with these brilliant folks, I've come to believe that they are onto something.  That perhaps for our most tricky disagreements, seeking the truth and seeking to convince others of the truth might not be the right place to start.

In fact, our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that's getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.

She went on to say,

I’m certain that the truth exists for you and probably for the person sitting next to you.  But this may not be the same truth.

It should be disturbing enough that they consider truth “a distraction,” getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.  And that they are prioritizing the “social movement” of “knowledge equity.”  But now it’s only going to go downhill with the A.I. system relying on the “different truths” and “collective decision-making on important issues.”

2 posted on 08/21/2025 9:32:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Wikipedia is an excellent place to find out what the elites who rule us want us to believe.

Sometimes it is true, sometimes it is false, sometimes it is misleading—most often it ignores critical information that opposes their point of view.

They believe all the “experts” are correct on everything—and everyone else is a moron.

Best of all—they get to pick the “experts” they like.

It is the epistemological equivalent of a mob poker game.


9 posted on 08/21/2025 9:55:25 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow Satan himself couldn’t have said it any better.

If you want to hear a devastating rebuttal, listen to Jared Harris’s speech at the end of “Chernobyl.”

“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth, and sooner or later, that debt is paid.”


10 posted on 08/21/2025 9:56:25 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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