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Re: Show HN: I'm 16 and building an AI based startup called Factful with friends

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Post by gus_massa » Thu, May 02, 2024, 8:39 PM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #148

helloduck1234 wrote: post #51

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Hi there, thank you for your feedback! I think we could potentially go down the route of a web3 approach where we get the public consensus on the facts.

Sadly consensus != fact For example: "Which country contributed the most to the demise of Germany during ww2 ?" https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f7f98c319f4d9ace2079a...

On one hand, USA send a lot of war material to the Soviet Union to help it.

On the other hand, I guess the change of perception is due to Hollywood.

Re: Show HN: I'm 16 and building an AI based startup called Factful with friends

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Post by ein0p » Fri, May 03, 2024, 6:34 AM UTC

gus_massa wrote: post #161

lm28469 wrote: post #148

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Sadly consensus != fact For example: "Which country contributed the most to the demise of Germany during ww2 ?" https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f7f98c319f4d9ace2079a...

On one hand, USA send a lot of war material to the Soviet Union to help it. On the other hand, I guess the change of perception is due to Hollywood.

Lend-Lease was only about 7% of overall Soviet war expenditure. Did it help? Yes, Soviets acknowledged that post-war. Was it decisive? That’s up for debate. Did it “defeat Hitler”? LOL.

Re: Show HN: I'm 16 and building an AI based startup called Factful with friends

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Post by sqeaky » Mon, May 06, 2024, 3:18 AM UTC

purple-leafy wrote: post #144

sqeaky wrote: post #35

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It absolutely can be a lot of work, but sometimes the statement or stance is self-disproving. I once worked with a conspiracy theory believer who thought that the Earth was simultaneously a flat disk and a hollow sphere. This person wasn't obviously a fool in normal conversation. They had no trouble writing C++, they had a master's degree in math, they recently purchased a second house and we're doing the repairs the…

Sounds like mental health issues tbh

You are probably correct. If you are it is something millions of people suffer from, an inability to work with evidence or vet sources. Like how symbols are hard to parse for some, dyslexia, or math incomprehensible to some dyscalculia. How are dysevidentia or dyslogia?