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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Unfortunately, "truth" is in the mind of the searcher. Many don't want the truth, they want their opinions confirmed. Google will return enough responses that you can usually find any "truth" you are looking for.
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Originally Posted by JMintzer
Yes, but more often than not, you have to delve deep into the search...
A while back, I was looking for a specific video that debunked an often claimed fallacy...
I had to go 10-12 pages deep to find it, even though I put in a specific request. The first 8-9 pages were articles citing the false information...
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Hmmm, so you had to navigate past nine pages you considered to be false information to find the one video that held the truth? Interesting.
Neither Google nor DuckDuckGo know what the truth is, they only know what seems to be most relevant and most common. A couple of months ago they returned several articles reporting a certain person's death. Come to find out, they weren't dead. The articles were relevant and they were common but they weren't the truth.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
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