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> People on HN are trying to cancel Feynman as well. What does the word "cancel" mean to you? Feynman can't be deplatformed since he's dead, and no one can den
by creata 5y ago
> People on HN are trying to cancel Feynman as well.
What does the word "cancel" mean to you? Feynman can't be deplatformed since he's dead, and no one can deny his fundamental contributions to physics.
> Please stop this onslaught of taking down the history for some axe to grind.
You know, if someone told me to stop saying something about a historical figure because they'd "rather focus on their positive sides", I might call that "taking down the history".
- systemvoltage 5y ago> You know, if someone told me to stop saying something about a historical figure because they'd "rather focus on their positive sides" This is the most fragile strawman I've seen in a while. That's not what I said at all. I did not say we should stop talking about bad parts of the history. That would be literally be a totalitarian state.
- Kranar 5y agoHow else would you interpret this sentence? "Please stop this onslaught of taking down the history for some axe to grind." To me that sounds precisely like telling someone to "stop saying something about a historical figure because they'd "rather focus on their positive sides"" And yet you claim that isn't at all what you said. Quite an unusual claim.
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