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Translation: you can speak freely, as long as you aren't heard. Used to be conspiracy theory, now actual basis for action of an actual political force. Sad ti
by candiodari 8y ago
Translation: you can speak freely, as long as you aren't heard.
Used to be conspiracy theory, now actual basis for action of an actual political force.
Sad times.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoAgain the conflation of two unrelated things, because they share a trivial detail. Speaking freely in your home, or a public place, or even on a TV station, are so different from spreading fake news via internet bots etc as to be different things. Its about the coefficient of 'being heard' which has an infinite set of values between 0 (aren't heard) and 1 (the whole world sees it in seconds). The coefficient gets too large, and drastic changes in group behavior can occur. Undesirable changes. We can study these things with science, and understand where the coefficients should lie, without shouting 'freedom of speech!' into the wind to shut down conversation.