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Apples to oranges. In the modern age we back up claims with science, not dogma. And I'm guessing they mean the idea of balance being "all ideas are equal regar

• ravenstine 7y ago
  > Apples to oranges. In the modern age we back up claims with science, not dogma. There's lots of "scientific" claims that are dictated by dogma or other motivations. Various aspects of nutrition science, psychology, economics, and sociology are either made up or based on low quality evidence, yet people continue to believe them. Humans, including scientists and academics, are imperfect, despite how this is the "modern age". > And I'm guessing they mean the idea of balance being "all ideas are equal regardless of merit" is the flawed paradigm. Which I would consider a straw man. I don't believe anyone is saying that all ideas are equal regardless of merit. What people are asking for is a wider Overton window. If people were suggesting that all ideas are equal, then they'd have to accede that the ideas of racists, child molestors, and serial killers are perfectly valid and should be treated the same as other ideas, which I don't think is a very common point of view, at least when a person is tested on it.