Issuepedia:Mission

Issuepedia's underlying goal is to help foster a better future for all.

Issuepedia's primary work towards that goal is to promote a more accurate understanding of reality through:

1. documentation of...

the best available evidence
propaganda and other attempts to manipulate popular belief
the manipulative tools used in such manipulation attempts (especially where successful)
well-intentioned errors in thinking due to inherent cognitive bias

2. development of tools to aid in the process of collective decisionmaking

Some particular emergent goals:

to provide a forum for rational discussion of contentious issues
to place protective yet transparent shields of verifiability and accountability around basic truths upon which civilization is built
to create a library of:
- significant issues
- opinions held on those issues, along with any available reasoning or background necessary to understand those opinions
- analytical tools available for attempting to reach a reasonable decision on such issues
to provide a central collection point for information about other decision-making tools
Reclaiming words which have been misappropriated
Challenging readers to express viewpoints opposing those which currently predominate on Issuepedia (or anywhere)
Providing an outlet for Rampant Paranoia, so we can get those nagging doubts out of our heads and (hopefully) start proving them wrong

Issuepedia aspires to:

be part of an interlocking network of related projects
say that which can't be said [1], i.e. riding roughshod over taboo truths
document understanding of scriptural works, since so many people are influenced by them, both to uncover inconsistencies and identify any valuable ideas or truths they may contain

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