Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: scientists are going to bluesky Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:40:40 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <67447c11$6$19$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <8bd8a24f-bac0-18a5-0eba-929d0741a67f@example.net> <0353f9e9-8069-55ca-4ba1-46031eca9393@example.net> Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:40:41 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="99431a19ddd2653b6d798dd1f17278f0"; logging-data="1152690"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18w+kGTopU7VBdhWbiVHtMa" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3J3qIOvlSwV8sIaHHi6L1NRlyFA= Bytes: 1868 On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:43:37 +0100, D wrote: >That's nonsense. Fact checkers are human, and being represented as the >judges of what is fact or not, gives them enormous power, and enormous >potential for corruptability. "You don't have to blindly believe fact-checkers because you can look at their sources and verify what they are saying! You can also cross-check multiple fact-checkers to see if they are in agreement or if one has uncovered information that the others missed."