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by kenzokai 3970 days ago
I wouldn't say they are facts, I would say they are "sentences with a specific semantic structure that can be found on a highly trusted webpage".

And the most trusted web page happens to be that page.

That's a great argument about Tylenol, and if those answers have the possibility of being incorrect they should not be shown at all, since an algorithm will determine what is shown. A "sensitive information" classifier could point out "Ask your doctor, etc." on relevant questions.

But what about the consequence of not showing answers about creationism? My statistically average person decides my site sucks and moves to DuckDuckGo, and I've lost a source of revenue. Not good.