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Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West on Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

COMPLEXITY

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The Role of Reputation in Online Communities

Reputation is actually increasing the importance over the last 10 years or so rather than decreasing an importance. There are examples on the internet, like the Stack Exchange model, the Stack Overflow model, where individuals get reputational credit for answering questions thoroughly. And then the question is the issue of politically motivated bias and politically motivated reasoning. This isn't a direct lie so much as it is the presentation of a facade of believability in order to acquire some kind of social reward.

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