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The fact that this article exists, and needs to exist, worries me more than any virus or lockdown. What, if anything, is more necessary to a free society than
by natvert 6y ago
The fact that this article exists, and needs to exist, worries me more than any virus or lockdown.
What, if anything, is more necessary to a free society than the free expression and debate of ideas?
This of course requires a literate and critical interpretation of the facts and data by all, but I digress. This is science.
- downerending 6y agoMeh. This trend was in full force long before the virus showed up.
- rdiddly 6y agoYeah you can pretty much transplant this sentence to any public forum: At the same time, we are concerned by a chilling attitude among some [people], who are wrongly ascribing legitimate disagreements about [issues] to ignorance or to questionable political or other motivations.
- jhayward 6y ago> What, if anything, is more necessary to a free society than the free expression and debate of ideas? The commons must be protected from bad actors, and bad faith whose purpose is to use the openness of society against itself. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- nostromo 6y agoTo imply that John Ioannidis is a bad actor is ridiculous.
- jhayward 6y agoIt is a plausible explanation for his recent actions. And, in fact, his recent actions require us to re-visit his past investigations and expose with the assumption of good faith suspended.
- zaroth 6y agoAll this does is help expose the theory of "paradox of intolerance" for what it truly is. A hammer with which to bludgeon people whom you don't agree with.
- SlowRobotAhead 6y ago“We will not tolerate intolerance!”
- stonogo 6y agoWhat is a "good actor" motivation for organizing a press tour for a non-peer reviewed preprint?
- colpabar 6y agoProtected by who?
- pgsbathhouse2 6y agoDefinitely not people like you.