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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm saying it again: We can't know what's true anymore. Whenever something happens more than a few miles away, chances are high that you know nobody who was involved there physically, so there's no reliable way of knowing what actually happened anymore.

I think we can only make reasonable choices about things that are close enough to ourselves; not about very far-away entities.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure that dancing frog was real. It has soul.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have no way to know whether the USA really exists.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

it's real because nobody could make up so much bullshit

[–] mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Idk have you read Ayn Rand

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you record a video on your phone, is there no Metadata to help verify its validity? Gotta be something we can do about this.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

There are forensic fingerprints that match a video to an image sensor. Maybe they could be faked by a sophisticated actor but let's be honest: the people watching these videos aren't checking that closely.