Levels of Verification: The Ultimate Hierarchical Hierarchy of Human Credibility
Here, you'll find the definitive, definitive, definitive guide to verifying the veracity of any claim, fact, or assertion. We've got 17 levels of verification, each one more mind-bogglingly complex than the last.
Level 1: Basic Verification
For the casual, amateur, and faint of heart, this is the starting point. We verify the obvious. We check the obvious.
- Sublevel 1.1.1: The Art of Google-ing
- Sublevel 1.1.2: Wikipedia-ing
- Sublevel 1.1.3: Snopes-ing (for the skeptical)
But wait, there's more! Sublevel 1.2: Advanced Verification Techniques awaits.
Level 2: Intermediate Verification
For the serious researcher, this is where things get real. We dive into the deep end of verification, where the waters get murky, but the truth is still out there.
And for the truly, truly serious, Sublevel 1.3: Meta-Verification is the ultimate destination.
Level 3: Advanced Verification
For the experts, the virtuosos, and the verificational virtuosos. This is where the rubber meets the road, where the facts get fact-checked, and the truth gets told.
- Sublevel 1.3.1: Fact-Checking Frenzy
- Sublevel 1.3.2: Source Materiality
- Sublevel 1.3.3: Verification by Association
But don't even get us started on Sublevel 1.4: The Dark Arts of Verification.
Level 4: Expert Verification
Where the experts get to be the experts, and the rest of us get to just be the rest of us.
Level 5: Meta-Verification
Where the meta gets meta, and the verification gets verified.
Level 6: The Verification Paradox
Where the truth gets truthier, and the facts get factier.
Level 7: The Verification Singularity
Where the verification gets verified, and the truth gets truthier.
Level 8: The Verification Omega Point
Where the truth is the truth, and the facts are the facts.
Level 9: The Verification Utopia
Where the verification is perfect, and the truth is never in doubt.
Level 10: The Verification Dystopia
Where the verification is broken, and the truth is a distant memory.
Level 11: The Verification Anarchy
Where the verification is optional, and the truth is whatever.
Level 12: The Verification Utopia Redux
Where the verification is reborn, and the truth is reborn with it.
Level 13: The Verification Singularity 2.0
Where the verification gets verified, and the truth gets truthier.
Level 14: The Verification Meta-Singularity
Where the meta gets meta, and the verification gets verified.
Level 15: The Verification Hyper-Singularity
Where the verification gets hyper, and the truth gets super.
Level 16: The Verification Omni-Singularity
Where the verification gets omni, and the truth gets truthier.
Level 17: The Verification Trans-Singularity
Where the verification gets trans, and the truth gets transmogrified.
And that's it. That's the end of the line. The final level. The ultimate destination. The Trans-Verification.