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This works only to some extent, otherwise throwing all of the Internet in one big cauldron and stirring a bit would make no difference. The value of a forum is in the selection of its conversations, and while any given choice may be insignificant, that doesn't argue for some particular way of resolving it, and inability to make such determinations may well add up to accumulated loss in quality.
This works only to some extent, otherwise throwing all of the Internet in one big cauldron and stirring a bit would make no difference.
It's not a picture of a cute kitten, for crying out loud. Nor is it a gateway drug or a frictionless slippery slope. There IS a bid difference between a random news item and new information about something we have already had epistemic discussions about. There are even new considerations now about how much wish should be wary of confirmation bias when handling this evidence.
That "some extent" more than covers this page. So if you are not interested, really, don't click.
A mundane cause for a surprising result. Consider this unconfirmed for now, however unsurprising it sounds.
Source: Science/AAAS