Michael Patrick Lynch: How to see past your own perspective and find truth
مايكل باتريك لينش: كيف ترون أبعد من وجهة نظركم الخاصة، وكيفية العثور على الحقيقة
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your smartphone miniaturized
صغيرة جدًا
and download to the internet
إلى ومن الانترنت
would be a lot like --
أو موسوعة "ويكيبيديا مثل --
and as intimate as thinking.
for you to know what's true?
بسهولة؟
of accessing information is faster
reliable, of course,
عليها أكثر
بطريقة مشابهه.
interpret it the same way.
any better at evaluating it.
في تقييمها.
less time for evaluation.
من المعلومات ووقتًا أقل لتقييمها.
happening to us right now.
في الوقت الحاضر فعلًا.
around in our pockets,
we share and access online,
واتصلنا بالإنترنت،
لقول الفرق
to tell the difference
but understand less.
of modern life, I suppose,
تعيشُ في فقاعات معلوماتية معزولة.
live in isolated information bubbles.
but over the facts.
ولكن حول الحقائق.
analytics that drive the internet
التي يتمُ استنباطها من الإنترنت
من المعلومات فقط
our Facebook feed
على "الفيسبوك"
reflecting ourselves
وكأنها تعكسُ أنفسنا
rather than bursting them.
a paradoxical situation,
on what it is we know.
this problem of knowledge polarization?
من اختلاف المعرفة؟
to fix our technology,
إصلاح التقنية
susceptible to polarization.
and Facebook are working on just that.
و الفيسبوك يعملون على ذلك.
is obviously really important,
كما هو واضح
fixing it, is going to solve the problem
سيؤدي إلى حل المشكلة
at the end of the day,
في نهاية اليوم
and what we value.
we're going to need help.
إلى المساعدة.
from psychology and political science.
والعلوم السياسية.
I think, from philosophy.
إلى مساعدة الفلسفة،
of knowledge polarization,
is like, I suppose,
to put into practice.
موضع التطبيق.
something of a troubled relationship
put it not long ago,
قبل وقتٍ ليس ببعيد،
of argument that's in the air.
في التفكير العام.
of our own perspectives;
from our perspective.
التي توافق وجهة نظرنا.
that objective truth is an illusion,
ما هي إلا وهم
know what it is,
as some of you know,
academic circles.
to the Greek philosopher Protagoras,
بوتاغوراس
truth was an illusion
كانت وهمًا
of all things."
of realpolitik to people,
من ناحية الواقعية السياسية
to discover or make our own truth.
أو صُنع الحقيقة الخاصة به.
of self-serving rationalization
ترشيد خدمة ذاتية
of being certain
to be certain about anything;
في عالم "المصفوفة الافتراضي."
on all sorts of facts.
حول كل أنواع الحقائق.
your arms and fly.
about truth can be tempting,
أن يكون مغريًا
away our own biases.
the guy in the movie
في الفلم
في "العالم الافتراضي"
want feels good.
هو شعورُ جيد.
information bubbles,
as the measure of reality.
this bad faith gets into our action
يؤثر سوء النيّة على سلوكنا
to the phenomenon of fake news.
عبر الإنترنت
presidential election of 2016
so many people.
about fake news,
حول الأخبار الكاذبة
the subject of knowledge polarization;
the very term -- "fake news"
مصطلح "الأخبار الكاذبة"
towards the truth that I'm talking about.
التي أتحدث عنها.
is the measure of all things."
هو مقياس كل شيء."
من أجل بقائة"
"only the strong survive."
the protagonist Winston Smith
يعذب بطل الرواية وينستون سميث
that whatever the party says is the truth,
بأن ما يقوله الحزب هو الحقيقة
is that once this thought is accepted,
لهذه الفكرة
بحكم التعريف.
that we really live in a common reality,
في واقع مشترك.
as the motto for the Enlightenment:
كشعار من أجل حركة التنويرالفلسفية:
"to dare to know for yourself."
"الجرأة للمعرفة من أجلك."
was always going to make it easier
الأمر سهلًا
more and more a part of our lives,
جزءًا من حياتنا
البحث عبر جوجل.
the assembly line of social media.
وسائل التواصل الإجتماعي.
a sort of intellectual outsourcing.
من المصادر الخارجية الفكرية
of others and algorithms.
مع الآخرين وأنظمة الحلول الحسابية.
to not clutter our minds
بعدم تشويش عقولنا
when we need them.
between downloading a set of facts
من الحقائق
those facts are as they are.
هي كما هي.
a particular disease spreads,
that we should stop Google-knowing.
عن المعرفة عبر جوجل.
forms of knowing that are more active,
المعرفة التي هي أكثر فعالية
our effort into our bubble.
داخل فقاعاتنا.
is that too often it ends up
تنتهي بنا في أكثر الأحيان
always being right.
على حق.
that you could be wrong.
are different things.
that I think we need to do
الذي اعتقدُ علينا القيام به
in a common reality.
have a little humility.
التحلي بقليل من التواضع
epistemic humility,
more than that.
as open to improvement
as open to improvement
being open to change.
to self-improvement.
للتطوير الذاتي.
as capable of enhancing
قادرة على التعزيز
by what others contribute.
ما يساعمُ به الآخرون.
of a stretch to say
at enhancing or encouraging
في تعزيز وتشجيع
arrogance and confidence.
بين الغطرسة والثقة.
as knowing it all.
as having it all figured out.
المُكتشفة.
of the bad faith towards the truth
اتجاه الحقيقة
if their citizens don't strive,
إذا كان مواطنوها لا يكافحون
ideas back and forth
الأفكار ذهابًا وإيابًا
that you live in the same reality.
تعيشون نفس الواقع.
to believe in truth,
more active ways of knowing.
the measure of all things.
and not terrifying,
وليس مرعبًا
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Patrick Lynch - PhilosopherMichael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data.
Why you should listen
What is truth and why does it matter? Does information technology help or hinder its pursuit? And how do we encourage more productive public discourse? These are some of the questions that animate Michael Lynch's work as a philosopher.
Lynch is a writer and professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Humanities Institute. His work concerns truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology. Lynch is the author or editor of seven books, including The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data, In Praise of Reason: Why Rationality Matters for Democracy, Truth as One and Many and the New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor’s pick, True to Life.
The recipient of the Medal for Research Excellence from the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, he is The Principal Investigator for Humility & Conviction in Public Life, a $7 million project aimed at understanding and encouraging meaningful public discourse funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the University of Connecticut. He's a frequent contributor to the New York Times "The Stone" blog.
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