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John Stuart Mill was wrong. It is absolutely possible to convince someone who holds a correct opinion that their opinion is wrong. This is a major blind spot
by SantalBlush 5y ago
John Stuart Mill was wrong. It is absolutely possible to convince someone who holds a correct opinion that their opinion is wrong.
This is a major blind spot of otherwise intelligent, thinking people: they believe that once a person is presented with the truth, it magically reveals itself to them as the superior piece of knowledge and the scales suddenly fall from their eyes. It's utter nonsense, and people don't work this way.
*Edit: To my replies, I'm addressing an epistemological assumption with this particular comment, not making a broader judgement one way or the other about Twitter's handling of speech. I don't care about Hunter Biden or whatever pet issue you have with the media.
- replygirl 5y agoAnd do you think an environment where undesirable ideas are suppressed would be conducive to believers changing their minds? Or do you think maybe those ideas would become further entrenched and evolve into QAnon and vaccine microchip theory?
- LudwigNagasena 5y agoAnd it is even easier to convince someone who holds a correct opinion that their opinion is wrong, if you ban and suppress correct opinion.
- mostertoaster 5y ago“Correct” opinion, is also subjective. Someone thought let’s say the hunter biden laptop story was true at first, then someone convinced them it was wrong, because of censure. And maybe that opinion was “wrong” because it didn’t promote some agenda or worldview that the majority hold. What is true, and what is correct aren’t always the same thing. In 1984 the correct answer to 2+2 is 5.