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I agree, but that is quite separate from the posture of epistemological submission to experts that's being used to censor "misinformation".

• jacquesm 5y ago
  I don't know about that. I'd rather see all of this stuff disappear from youtube and to deny the conspiracy sphere its oxygen than to let this run its course. The damage is very real. Experts tend to communicate via scientific papers and symposia, not via youtube, that's aimed squarely at the masses only a very small fraction of which has the capacity to interpret what they are hearing, but almost all of them have the capacity to filter that to select the bits that they like or that they feel support their pet desired outcomes.
  • deadpannini 5y ago
    The damage caused by mis- and dis-information is real, but suppressing dissenting voices (even comically mistaken ones and bad actors) destroys institutional credibility, which is far worse in the long run.
  • blindmute 5y ago
    I'd rather allow free speech.