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There's an interesting meta-twist here… YouTube is trying to prevent the spread of dangerous "viral ideas" that enable the spread of dangerous physical viruses.
by wrs 8y ago
There's an interesting meta-twist here… YouTube is trying to prevent the spread of dangerous "viral ideas" that enable the spread of dangerous physical viruses. The ideas are arguably a part of this health crisis as much as the viruses are. So this is a sort of "meme vaccination" to slow the spread of those ideas.
Imagine if there were YouTube channels in the 19th century promoting the idea that surgeons washing their hands causes surgical complications. What would be the appropriate response?
- crashedsnow 8y agoIs that really equivalent? Anti-vax arguments risk convincing someone to put their children, and those around them in grave danger on the basis of fundamentally flawed arguments that can be made to sound compelling. I don't think the argument for hand washing ever met this criteria.