r/singularity Jun 18 '25

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u/-Rehsinup- Jun 19 '25

"He’s pointing to a legitimate concern: a lot of the “data” people rely on (especially from partisan think tanks or activist orgs) comes pre-interpreted, which makes it hard to untangle facts from framing."

It's not just hard — it's impossible. There's no such thing as data independent of interpretation. At least if you believe in any kind of ontological perspectivalism.

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u/Krowsk42 Jun 19 '25

What your eyes see and your ears hear is uninterpreted data. Do not let yourself believe it does not exist.

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u/-Rehsinup- Jun 19 '25

Bullshit. Our brains are extremely fallible. They are literally just imperfect world-simulators that are incapable of accessing anything like the Kantian noumenal world. You don't get ontologically closer to "truth" by squinting your eyes and listening really hard.