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This is setting the bar way too high. No. If these things are claimed to be sources of truth, then the bar needs to be that high. It is precisely because peop

This is setting the bar way too high. No. If these things are claimed to be sources of truth, then the bar needs to be that high. It is precisely because people don't fact-check that the bar has to be so high.

ajross 3y ago
> If these things are claimed to be sources of truth That's a strawman, though. No service, nor human, "claims to be a source of truth" in the kind of profound sense you seem to be using. It stops, everywhere, at "Wikipedia (or whatever) said it and I trust it". The only way to get access to deeper expertise is to (1) BE an expert and (2) engage in an discussion with another.