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Question: Should we criminalize proposing something crazy by prefixing it with "One might say that..." or "One could make an argument that...", relieving the a
by mquander 17y ago
Question: Should we criminalize proposing something crazy by prefixing it with "One might say that..." or "One could make an argument that...", relieving the author of the responsibility of actually substantially defending their crazy remark?
Answer: No. That author should only be liable in civil court.
- nudge 17y agoI love amichail's posts. A few more gems: "There's quite a lot of pressure to excel in high school and university. I wonder if getting an education is more dangerous than say smoking. What do you think?" "Should games get upset when not played much? For example, a tetris-type game could show sad faces in the blocks when it is neglected." And, my favourite (edited for brevity): "Students should be taught to lie and cheat. These things require intelligence. Encouraging students to lie and cheat in school would improve their thinking abilities... You could reward the students whose cheating was successful with bonus marks. To get these bonus marks, students would need to fully disclose how they cheated after they got away with it. Their cheating techniques would then be made known to all students, who could then use them as ideas for more elaborate techniques... In the end, students may end up smarter and more honest."