Searching For What Is True | How We Distinguish Signal From Noise

What are your considerations to find useful info on a new topic?

In Episode #354 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: techniques for rapidly finding quality information, my method of using Wikipedia and it's sources, how Open AI might be a useful search tool in the future, why it's important to seek out a variety of sources, how we go about seeking truth over a long time period and the ultimate importance of testing things out for yourself.

Huge thanks to Petar, Dave Jones, McIntosh and Liam F's Mum (aka Joey Broadshoulders) for supporting the podcast. You're all legends!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Following on from previous 'Musings'
(0:49) - Definition time
(1:59) - Demisexual, Merkle Trees & Pushkin
(4:18) - Using Wikipedia & Wiktionary
(8:03) - Seeking truth in 5 minutes
(10:19) - Using Open AI for search
(17:58) - Triple check in the digital age
(21:21) - Chat Comments
(21:50) - Boostagram Lounge
(26:42) - Kyrin Down or Harry Kane?
(29:44) - What is a Merkle Tree?
(32:02) - Is absolute truth real?
(33:23) - Seeking deeper truths
(37:18) - Depending on the importance
(45:06) - Kyrin's rules of thumb
(48:14) - Juan's rules of thumb
(50:34) - Juan's summary
(54:29) - Kyrin's summary
(57:24) - Value for value: we're symbiotic


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