You see that each of the project has their own governing philosophy, that gives the investigation a structure.
Yet discourse about these topics more than anything else fundamentally combats propaganda andmisinformation.
The phrase “combat” is interesting here. Julia Galef speaks about the soldier mindset and the scout mindset. Combating anything is essentially about the soldier mindset. On the other hand you need the scout mindset to think well and come to correct conclusions.
By in large the movement that bills itself as “combating misinformation” is about defending the hegemonic Western elite discourse. It’s not about truthseeking.
Im not saying my only goal is to combat misinformation, but that logical discourse combats misinformation (as well as hegemonic propaganda) as a matter of course.
You could say that Wikipedia falls into the category but given the way it’s discourse goes right now it tries to represent the mainstream view.
For specific claims, https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/ is great.
https://www.rootclaim.com/ is another project worth checking out.
You see that each of the project has their own governing philosophy, that gives the investigation a structure.
The phrase “combat” is interesting here. Julia Galef speaks about the soldier mindset and the scout mindset. Combating anything is essentially about the soldier mindset. On the other hand you need the scout mindset to think well and come to correct conclusions.
By in large the movement that bills itself as “combating misinformation” is about defending the hegemonic Western elite discourse. It’s not about truthseeking.
Thanks so much for these resources, interesting!!
Im not saying my only goal is to combat misinformation, but that logical discourse combats misinformation (as well as hegemonic propaganda) as a matter of course.