What percent of facts on the Internet are false?

Question

If instantly all information on the Internet was fact checked by a hypothetical system that had universal knowledge, what percent of information do you think would be found incorrect?

mikewarot · Accepted Answer

If you had such a box, you would find out that all of our known laws of physics are likely wrong, in that they are approximations of some yet unknown better theory of everything, as Newtons laws were surpassed by Relativity, etc.
History is all collective opinion. Facts depend on viewpoint.
In detail, I think almost all "facts" are wrong.
In aggregate, however, I think that most facts are likely to be close enough to be useful, and thus "true".

aksss · Answer

If they&rsquo;re not true, they&rsquo;re not facts right?Are you asking how much horseshit can be contained on the Internet? Son, look skyward.. see the stars? That&rsquo;s how much and more.

gregjor · Answer

Fact (noun): a thing that is known or proved to be true.So, 100% of facts on the internet are true.

lamontcg · Answer

97.8 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot to win an argument.

yuppie_scum · Answer

30%, including this one

What percent of facts on the Internet are false?

If instantly all information on the Internet was fact checked by a hypothetical system that had universal knowledge, what percent of information do you think would be found incorrect?

If they’re not true, they’re not facts right?
Are you asking how much horseshit can be contained on the Internet? Son, look skyward.. see the stars? That’s how much and more.

Fact (noun): a thing that is known or proved to be true.
So, 100% of facts on the internet are true.

97.8 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot to win an argument.

30%, including this one