https://instagov.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Truth 2026-05-10T14:50:53Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.0 https://instagov.com/wiki/index.php?title=Truth&diff=12481&oldid=prev 2020-01-04T22:44:00Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:44, 4 January 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word [[truth]] has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at least the following widely-recognized meanings</del>:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The word [[truth]] has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[issuepedia</ins>:truth<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|multiple meanings]]. In the context of InstaGov, </ins>we will <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">primarily be using </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sense of </ins>'''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[issuepedia</ins>:truth<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/evidenced|evidenced]]</ins>''' truth.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''objective </del>truth<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''': a thing </del>we will <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">never know precisely but can only approach asymptotically as we better understand the mechanisms by which </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">operates</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''most-likely truth''': that which is best supported by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">currently-available evidence</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''believed truth</del>''': <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that for which there is a consensus belief within some group</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># '''received </del>truth'''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: that which is held to be true because it has been received from an appropriate {{l/ip|authority}}</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Our Usage==</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">By default, InstaGov uses &quot;</del>truth<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; in first and second senses &amp;ndash; either objective truth or our current best approximation to it</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[debate mapper]] is intended as a tool to help with refining the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</del>most-likely truth<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </del>from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[debate mapper]] is intended as a tool to help with refining the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[issuepedia:truth/evidenced|evidenced]] (</ins>most-likely<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </ins>truth from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Reference==</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* {{issuepedia}}</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table>

Woozle https://instagov.com/wiki/index.php?title=Truth&diff=12477&oldid=prev 2019-12-18T20:45:06Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:45, 18 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6" >Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Our Usage==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Our Usage==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By default, InstaGov uses &quot;truth&quot; in first and second senses &amp;ndash; either objective truth or our current best approximation to it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>By default, InstaGov uses &quot;truth&quot; in first and second senses &amp;ndash; either objective truth or our current best approximation to it.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The [[debate mapper]] is intended as a tool to help with refining the '''most-likely truth''' from the raw ore of random information and disinformation.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{issuepedia}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{issuepedia}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Woozle https://instagov.com/wiki/index.php?title=Truth&diff=12475&oldid=prev 2019-12-18T20:38:33Z

<p>Created page with &quot;The word <a href="/wiki/Truth" title="Truth">truth</a> has at least the following widely-recognized meanings: # &#039;&#039;&#039;objective truth&#039;&#039;&#039;: a thing we will never know precisely but can only approach asymptotically as...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The word [[truth]] has at least the following widely-recognized meanings:<br /> # '''objective truth''': a thing we will never know precisely but can only approach asymptotically as we better understand the mechanisms by which it operates<br /> # '''most-likely truth''': that which is best supported by the currently-available evidence<br /> # '''believed truth''': that for which there is a consensus belief within some group<br /> # '''received truth''': that which is held to be true because it has been received from an appropriate {{l/ip|authority}}<br /> ==Our Usage==<br /> By default, InstaGov uses &quot;truth&quot; in first and second senses &amp;ndash; either objective truth or our current best approximation to it.<br /> ==Reference==<br /> * {{issuepedia}}</div>

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