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The only way to win here is to make it expensive to produce lies . Make people take responsibility of the consequences and punish them .
by anoy8888 2y ago
The only way to win here is to make it expensive to produce lies . Make people take responsibility of the consequences and punish them .
- verisimi 2y agoWho has the truth though?
- jessriedel 2y agoPrediction markets
- verisimi 2y agoGood answer, but isn't that a practical answer, based on consensus? Ie its what people believe is true, but might not be actually true.
- jessriedel 2y agoThey are useful for things that become less ambiguous in the future.
- croes 2y agoLehman Brothers anyone?
- epistasis 2y agoCourts.
- pjc50 2y agoIt's not usually difficult to determine whether a nuclear reactor does or does not exist.
- verisimi 2y agoThe comment I responded to said: > The only way to win here is to make it expensive to produce lies . But which authority can be trusted to provide truth, in order to have a metric on what a lie is? Which authority is even unbiased and impartial?
- epistasis 2y agoThe consequences already exist, but are not enough to prevent the fraud. The linked article speaks of criminal charges. And here is a CEO going to prison for similar charges of fraud over nuclear construction: https://www.powermag.com/former-scana-ceo-will-land-in-prison-as-result-of-v-c-summer-nuclear-project/ https://www.powermag.com/former-scana-ceo-will-land-in-priso... Nuclear projects tend to attract fraudsters that are not intimidated by the possibility of jail time.
- belorn 2y agoI would claim that the whole construction industry tend to attract fraudsters that are not intimidated by the possibility of jail time. It is, if I remember right, the largest source of human trafficking in the world.
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