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The large amounts of misinformation also threatens debate, does it not? Most misinformation and conspiracy theories are not looking for proper debate and often
by ntsplnkv2 6y ago
The large amounts of misinformation also threatens debate, does it not? Most misinformation and conspiracy theories are not looking for proper debate and often times result to logical fallacies and falsehoods to prove their point. Thus, proper debate is drowned out.
By and large I don't think debate is threatened. We have to draw a pragmatic line somewhere, otherwise we will waste time debating if the earth is flat and the endless amount of absurd ideas. Ultimately, we've already debated many of these ideals, if not explicitly.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoI don't know if conspiracies do that much harm to debate. They're quite the fringe topic. Misinformation, yes, but classifying misinformation (in its not-so-obvious forms) is a hard problem. So while I agree there needs to be a line, I also think that in enforcing a ban on misinformation we will necessarily end up limiting debate. The line should stay at something like inciting violence.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoHow much time do you have? There are endless amounts conspiracy theories, often times discussed by people who don't have any clue. Society NEEDS a way to cut through the chaff and noise, or eventually it'll collapse in on itself, and someone wins (typically the one with better information.) > The line should stay at something like inciting violence. The government line should definitely stay there. But private corporations should be free to push any agenda that they like.