Fleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoYou always have to analyse a person's internet post about themselves or their life the same way you read a book written with an unreliable narratormessage-squaremessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareYou always have to analyse a person's internet post about themselves or their life the same way you read a book written with an unreliable narratorFleur_@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThat’s the entire point of citation, repeatable experiment, and peer review. The only way we can ever touch at reliability is cross-referential consensus.
minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOf course, consensus doesn’t automatically mean truth if the consensers aren’t all being self interrogative and critically thinking.
That’s the entire point of citation, repeatable experiment, and peer review. The only way we can ever touch at reliability is cross-referential consensus.
Of course, consensus doesn’t automatically mean truth if the consensers aren’t all being self interrogative and critically thinking.