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> Society, as a whole, has worked fairly well without "bullshit filters." It's when you start putting them on that you start having issues When has society eve

> Society, as a whole, has worked fairly well without "bullshit filters." It's when you start putting them on that you start having issues When has society ever not had bullshit filters? Intellectual debate goes both ways. The more your ideas go outside of the mainstream understanding of your peers, the more push back, ridiculing, and “cancelation” you will likely be subjected to by the scientific community Very few geniuses are appreciated until after their death. scientific consensus takes time

cronix 5y ago
> When has society ever not had bullshit filters? I absolutely accept "I don't have to listen to you" as a bs filter. "That guy's nuts, I don't believe a thing he's saying." I don't accept "we won't allow others to listen to you question things" as a filter.
- mcguire 5y ago
  What about "we don't think we will publish that"?
  - cronix 5y ago
    Sounds good on face. Do Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and other platforms that dominate the planet in information/thought exchange, consider themselves publishers?