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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

TRUTH BY CONSENSUS: "Estimating" the Truth

Every so often, a philosophical issue or a Human Behavioral issue becomes either a social lightning rod, catalyst or synchronous force for social change. We cannot think without being a bit philosophical, just as we cannot achieve great things in this vast world of possibilities without navigating our way through the realities of the Laws of Physics and of Physiology.

We often change our minds about things which we had been fairly certain about as new information becomes available. Often, e are convinved by others in positions of power and credibility of what the truth is. Many of us will wantonly refuse to listen to facts because the conclusions where they would lead us could hurt us deeply -- we then deny things to spare ourselves the pain of this somber revelations. A variation on this theme is to be selective with our information, so that we only "find" facts which support our preferred beliefs.

While telling a lie repeatedly and with great passion does not make it become the truth, it can, via the mechanism of the self-fulfilling prophesy, become the future truth.

Can we find a meaningful and useful approximation of the preceived truth by a data collection, weighting and analytic approach. I believe that we can.

While this does not give us the truth, it gives us a "popularly perceived truth" which might give us something useful for the purposes of discussions and decisionmaking.

Have you taken a look at http://twitlik.com/PDDS? You might see how informational overload can lead to bad choices, or to simple indecision.

For global peace and prosperity, I am all in favor of finding at least some rudimentary tools which can bring us closer to a point of agreement. Perhaps an estimate of people's perceptions of the truth is a starting point. Please let me know your thoughts.


Dear Friends:

Q: is there an absolute truth?
Q: is the notion of "one truth" a myth?
Q: can the truth be arrived at by observation?
Q: can the truth be arrived at by concensus?
Q: can two separate truths co-exist, without each invalidating or negating the other?

Truth is a tough subject, indeed.

Here are is a reprint of a post to http://aboutdouglascastle.blogspot.com/ about the notion of at least "agreeing, via an organized and accepted practice, upon the truth. I smilingly call this the Estimated Truth. Please read on...

A FORMULA FOR "ESTIMATING" THE TRUTH...

Douglas Castle is in the process of developing a scientific mechanism for collecting, evaluating and weighing the subjective (and varied) perceptions of the same situation by a group of individuals to compute the best "estimate" of the actual truth.

This is a daunting but necessary challenge. People only report their perceptions of reality, and not of reality, itself. If there is, in fact, no concrete or absolute reality or truth, it would still be useful to have a means of collecting subjective data from groups of significant statistical size and and distilling the most likely truth.

The applications of this process would include market research, news reporting, conflict resolution, creating optimized definitions and strategic planning.

The disciplines involved in developing this model would entail applications of statistics, probability, and test design. There would be, of necessity, experimentation and trial-and-error -- but I believe that the resulting formula and the data generated through its proper and consistent utilization would be highly worthwhile.

Lastly, the value of this particular measurement (i.e., the outcome of the process) would be incalculable. It would at very least provide us with a form of "perception by conscensus," if not the elusive truth, itself. The mind boggles at the number of "working definitions" which could be created via a simple data collection and concensus approach.

Of course, being a lingovator and megalomaniac of some note, I would propose to call this formula the "CASTLE PERCEPTUAL CONCENSUS PROTOCOL," and the resultant statistic the "CASTLE COLLECTIVIZED PERCEPTION," or, more simply, the "CCP VALUE."

Wouldn't it be a fascination to use this approach, when duly-refined, to find CCP VALUES or CCP DEFINITIONS for such things as:

  • Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Competence
  • Integrity
  • Validity
  • Quality...
The potential list would be endless.

Think about it, please, so perhaps I won't have to.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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