Tag: misinformation

What counts as true and how we might know the truth in the age of coding. A discussion about misinformation, the decentralization of knowledge, and the struggle to establish what is real. Encoded algorithms help to provide security but also risk an encroachment on privacy.… read more »

October 15, 2022 at 1:30pm EST

Coding and the Human Phenotype: Manipulated Perception?: Fakery, Authenticity, and the Birth of NFTs

What counts as true and how we might know the truth in the age of coding. A discussion about misinformation, the decentralization of knowledge, and the struggle to establish what is real. Encoded algorithms help to provide security but also risk an encroachment on privacy.… read more »

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Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2:30pm

Lying

“Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”

This familiar courtroom oath unpacks some of the subtleties of truth-telling. Making true statements is not all there is to it. What one says may be true, but what is omitted in the telling may present a false picture.… read more »

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2:30pm

Lying

“Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”

This familiar courtroom oath unpacks some of the subtleties of truth-telling. Making true statements is not all there is to it. What one says may be true, but what is omitted in the telling may present a false picture.… read more »

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