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I am seeing a lot of "institutions lied to us and are actively keeping information from ourselves" when people try to justify acting irrationaly. I don't agree
by rafaelero 5y ago
I am seeing a lot of "institutions lied to us and are actively keeping information from ourselves" when people try to justify acting irrationaly. I don't agree with this premise at all. What do you mean they keep information from you? This assumes that information can be contained, which in most cases is impossible. There is always leakage.
Now, to be more generous, I will assume that people are actually criticizing how "institutions impose a mainstream view that is difficult to replaced even when facts say it should". To that I say: fine. But even in this case, there should be enough resources to form a rational opinion over the matter (with probabilistic reasoning). Hell, I have a lot of non-orthodox opinions that are so out of Overton Window that I rarely can discuss them. And even in these cases, the internet and Google Scholar/Sci-hub were sources that helped me explore it.
So, I have no sympathy for this "institutions lied to us, let me believe now whatever I want" bullshit.