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> dangerous misinformation. The idea of "dangerous misinformation" is an anti-liberal, anti-Enlightenment notion. Information is not dangerous, information is
by dcolkitt 6y ago
> dangerous misinformation.
The idea of "dangerous misinformation" is an anti-liberal, anti-Enlightenment notion. Information is not dangerous, information is neutral. It's either right, in which case it's not misinformation. Or it's wrong, in which case it's not dangerous, because it can be refuted.
The most dangerous thing is to suppress the free marketplace of ideas.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoIt’s often applied in problematic ways, but the basic concept seems pretty sound to me even from the most stringent Enlightenment assumptions. Every time someone treats their cancer with juice cleanses rather than chemotherapy, they’ve been harmed by dangerous misinformation. What to do about dangerous misinformation is of course another question entirely, but the idea that there’s no such thing ignores important challenges.