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experiment in knowledge seeking: open-source style

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:06 am
by [xeno]Julios
I know there are a few of you hear that will appreciate this


http://www.truthmapping.com/

Discussion on mefi:

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/43730

excerpt from my post on mefi:

Another point is that while it may not shine in certain domains of knowledge, it may shine in others: There may be questions that are appropriately addressed with scientific rigour - if so, this seems to be one of, if not the best tools which has evolved on this planet to address them.

Re: experiment in knowledge seeking: open-source style

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:11 am
by menkent
[xeno]Julios wrote:http://www.truthmapping.com/
that's a cool idea... but even with only a handful of posts it's already being bogged down by pretty moronic logical fallacies and arguments based on flawed premises.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:13 am
by Massive Quasars
I came across this site a few months ago. I thought it was a great idea in concept, though it lacked content and may still (haven't checked recently).

*thumbs up*

Re: experiment in knowledge seeking: open-source style

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:14 am
by Dave
menkent wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:http://www.truthmapping.com/
that's a cool idea... but even with only a handful of posts it's already being bogged down by pretty moronic logical fallacies and arguments based on flawed premises.
Well then menkent to the rescue \o/

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:24 am
by 4days
the intelligent design bit is still empty.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:37 am
by [xeno]Julios
Massive Quasars wrote:I came across this site a few months ago. I thought it was a great idea in concept, though it lacked content and may still (haven't checked recently).

*thumbs up*
yea - looks like it hasn't yet taken off - but it definitely has the potential to. Look at wikipedia for example - it's a gift to anyone who has access to the net.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:16 am
by Nightshade
4days wrote:the intelligent design bit is still empty.
There it is in a nutshell.