Fwd: fact checking for semantic reasoners

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> What do you mean by "fact checking"?  Do you mean proving one assertion
> (or set of assertions) based on another set of assertions?
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well, rather a 'verified' assertion. (verified by some ontology, presume)
its very easy to get things wrong, a perfectly valid syllogism
can lead to the wrong conclusion if the fact being asserted is wrong
(the truth preserving thing?)

if fred is a bat,
and all bats are birds (er.. looks like that, doesnt it?..)
then fred is a bird  (but if bats are not birds this conclusion would be
wrong)


...also thinking of all the false statements in wikipedia for example
that would need to be checked... simply because an editor
approves it (or requests a deletion of a fact) does not mean is true (or
false)

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