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i'd be interested in being an editor/philsoopher for a project like this, given that someone would need to determine what counts as bias and what doesn't.
i do think that apps to improve critical thinking are direly needed...
Why is everyone suddenly convinced we can do this now? How do you guarantee your algorithm is without bias?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3...
Don't look for bias, just look for right or wrong.
I would be interested (I was pondering on the same idea), how should we proceed?
I would posit that part of the problem is the implicit assumption that biased != factual. This assumption is true on both sides of the political spectrum, but it takes on a different character for those on the right.
I understand the sentiment that prompted you to post this, I'm just not sure what you propose is any kind of a solution. If anything I believe it may make things worse by affirming the bias != factual assumption.
Caring about truth has to come from within.
I think the tool you need is "skepticism". Teach people to not rush to ascribe labels to everything they don't like, and to stop ignoring anything that has been labeled as X-ist by their bubble. Teach people to not think with slogans and hashtags or listen to celebrities.
Well, that may work but you also need to have intellectual resources to be able to process all the information and see something for what it really is. Also, people serving news are upping the game by using the latest in psychology research to influence us. We need _somebody_ on our side.
> I think it is rare to see some news that is not biased one way or another I would posit that part of the problem is the implicit assumption that biased != factual. This assumption is true on both sides of the political spectrum, but it takes on a different character for those on the right. I understand the sentiment that prompted you to post this, I'm just not sure what you propose is any kind of a solution. If any…