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No one is against learning. There is a difference between an academic dispassionately studying the subject and a man trying to harm other people by saying stuf
by bloaf 6y ago
No one is against learning. There is a difference between an academic dispassionately studying the subject and a man trying to harm other people by saying stuff like this[1]. What the academics must not do is give their credibility to such people.
[1]: https://i.redd.it/cc8wtw97vo931.jpg https://i.redd.it/cc8wtw97vo931.jpg
I would be just as upset if a smallpox researcher agreed to be interviewed by someone interested in reintroducing smallpox to the public, and seeing the researcher giving them the scientifically accurate information about how to do it.
- jbay808 6y agoHow do you feel about security researchers who publicly disclose security vulnerabilities?
- bJGVygG7MQVF8c 6y ago> There is a difference between an academic dispassionately studying the subject and a man trying to harm other people by saying stuff like this There is indeed such a difference. Some clarifications: (1) That's not Hsu. (2) That's not an academic. (3) You're not in a position to divine whether or not there was intent to harm in that tweet (re. "trying to harm"). (4) It's a safe bet that no one was harmed by that tweet. (5) For cognitive democracy[1] to work in a free society, the possibility of marginally hurting someone's feelings can't be grounds to silence people. [1]: https://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/23/cognitive-democracy/ https://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/23/cognitive-democracy/