Hacker News with Generative AI: Truth

'We remember as true things that never even happened': Julian Barnes (theguardian.com)
The Booker-prize winning novelist reflects on the times in his life when recollection and imagination have intertwined, and wonders whether we can ever rely on our brains to provide us with the truth

Memory, Literature, Imagination, Truth

6 points by bookofjoe 17 days ago | 0 comments

How do we tell truths that might hurt? (1975) (cs.virginia.edu)
Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us.

Truth, Ethics, Science, Communication

76 points by pcfwik 22 days ago | 54 comments

Stories I Refuse to Believe (tedunangst.com)
The internet is filled with stories that purport to teach us a valuable lesson or something about how the world works, and they’re really important because they really happened.

Internet Culture, Storytelling, Truth

3 points by akkartik 70 days ago | 0 comments

Misinformation: A Flawed Concept (quillette.com)
“Believe those who seek the truth,” André Gide once wrote, “doubt those who find it.” The same can be said of falsehoods.

Misinformation, Philosophy, Media, Truth

4 points by ctoth 150 days ago | 3 comments

For the love of God, stop talking about "post-truth" (conspicuouscognition.com)
This week, I am speaking on a panel at an event on “The Politics of Post-Truth?”. As part of the event, each speaker gives a ten-minute presentation. This is mine:

Politics, Media, Truth, Language

19 points by paulpauper 167 days ago | 29 comments

Elon Musk and his bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth (theguardian.com)

Elon Musk, Social Media, Censorship, Media Bias, Truth

10 points by deepnet 213 days ago | 5 comments

The Perpetual Quest for a Truth Machine (nautil.us)

Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Truth

13 points by dnetesn 268 days ago | 1 comments

Truth, Math, and Models (Part 8 in a series on the scientific method) (rongarret.info)

Science, Scientific Method, Models, Truth

64 points by lisper 310 days ago | 84 comments

Do you all realize that accessing to correct information+truth is getting hard? (ycombinator.com)

Information Access, Truth, Misinformation

28 points by user90131313 316 days ago | 28 comments