From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 09:48:57 MDT
--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 04:07:55AM -0400, Nathanael Allison wrote:
>
> > What can be done about this? Is there programs that could either
> > change the info or tell the page/page owner that the info is
> > wrong. Is this something that will be around until AI can deal
> > with it?
>
> If you have a particularly specific or bad factoid, you could always
> search for it and email pages with it. It could even be automated,
> but you would likely be spamming people just referring to it (a
> search for "we only use 10% of our brains" gave 211 hits on google,
> and all hits on
> the first page debunked it). A more specific number "China GNP 4389
> billion" might work better, but it is still error-prone.
This actually sounds like it might be the basis of a very popular
website. Imagine a site dedicated to fact checking. Even presenting
different facts *along with their subjective contexts*.
For example, one fact would be "New Hampshire has only 18 miles of
coastline" *in the context of* measuring a straight line from the
Massachesetts to Maine borders. Another fact would be "NH has ### miles
of coastline", in the context of measuring actual linear saltwater
waterfront on a foot or meter scale. At both high, mean, and low tides.
Every reporter, professor, and college/high school student would have a
use for such a website.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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