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I don't think "the court of public opinion" is a high enough standard for a prospective world-wide monopolistic censor of information. Such an authority needs t
by esja 6y ago
I don't think "the court of public opinion" is a high enough standard for a prospective world-wide monopolistic censor of information. Such an authority needs to be completely rigorous, completely fair, completely objective, completely informed, and so on. Google cannot meet that bar.
By your standard, Semmelweis would have been censored as "misinformation". Ditto Galileo and the rest.
- HideousKojima 6y agoOr for an even more recent example, the scientific community largely rejected plate tectonics initially
- UncleMeat 6y agoAnd was that borne out in the public square or in scientific journals and conferences? There are reasonable arenas for this material. In this case, that arena is the courts.