ClaimsGary Marcus

“even more than Trump, Barr may become the person who most subverts American democracy.”

Gary Marcus, writing on X 15 January 2019 Post by @GaryMarcus on X, 2019-01-15 (X)

Prediction AI policy and governance Political

William Barr may become the person who most subverts American democracy, more than Donald Trump.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Vague 'may become' prediction with no horizon and subjective comparison.

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Gary Marcus, “William Barr may become the person who most subverts American democracy, more than Donald Trump.” (said 15 January 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_719862541f58, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_719862541f58

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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