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Elon Musk's Pravda

2 pointsby yekmalmost 7 years ago
https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;elonmusk&#x2F;status&#x2F;999367582271422464<p>What about trust?<p>Is there any formal proof (scientific paper) on the possibility of creating a &quot;true&quot; voting system? By &quot;true&quot;, I mean that one can mathematically prove the correctness and fullness of the public data (ledger).<p>We created the zero-knowledge proof a long time ago. Why we can&#x27;t create a reliable system for anonymous voting&#x2F;social polls?

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Chyzwaralmost 7 years ago
Because he is silly. Pravda is similar to Polish word Prawda than means truth. Truth is very difficult to establish outside science.<p><pre><code> - People are biased in many different ways. - Modern propaganda can use true facts to build any public perception. - You can have contradictory facts about same events - Cognitive dissonance has the stronger effect than people think. - Sometimes lies are needed because the truth is not something people can deal with - Perspective is different between genders&#x2F;race&#x2F;religion etc </code></pre> An incredibly difficult social problem not technical. Wikipedia tries to build a system like that and it far from a success.