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The balanced view algorithm

I recently participated in a meeting of computer scientists where the topic was ”fake news”. The implicit assumption was that ”we will do this tool x that will show people what is false information, and they will become informed.” However, after the meeting I realized this might not be enough, and in fact be naïve […]

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Solving online debates by finding root cause (=fundamental difference)

Introduction. Here’s an argument: Most online disputes can be traced back to differences of premises. I’m observing this time and time again: two people disagree, but fail to see why that is, although for an outside it seems evident. Each party believes they are right, and so they keep on debating; it’s like a never-ending […]