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# Forking Truth
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- [[pull]] [[epistemology]] [[git]] [[truth]]
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- [[push]] [[agora]]
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**Forking Truth** is the epistemological equivalent of `git fork`.
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## The Concept
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In a centralized system (like Wikipedia or Google), there is usually a drive towards a "Single Source of Truth". There is one article for "Apple", and editors fight over its content until a consensus (or a truce) is reached.
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In a distributed system like the [[Agora]], we accept that "Truth" is plural and perspectival.
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* [[User A]] can have a node named [[Freedom]] that describes it as "freedom from government".
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* [[User B]] can have a node named [[Freedom]] that describes it as "freedom from poverty".
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## Resolving the Conflict
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We don't "merge" these truths into a watered-down compromise. We **overlay** them.
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* The Agora UI allows a viewer to see [[Freedom]] through User A's lens, or User B's lens, or a composite view.
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* This allows for **[[Algorithmic Pluralism]]**.
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## Benefits
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* Reduces "edit wars".
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* Preserves minority viewpoints.
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* Allows for "Truth Pluralism" without descending into "Post-Truth" chaos (because the *provenance* of each claim is cryptographically/historically tracked via git).
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