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Censorship is a strong indicator of an unpopular idea that is likely to be objectively true. This is not political; it is Bayes’ theorem.
by jl2718 4y ago
Censorship is a strong indicator of an unpopular idea that is likely to be objectively true.
This is not political; it is Bayes’ theorem.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoIf there were no major disinformation campaigns this would generally be the case. However, these days it will lead you to believe in all disinformation campaigns.
- jl2718 4y agoCircular logic: this is exactly the problem at hand. But we can go further: Disinformation campaigns are generally self-serving, so there is another conditional distribution on profit, or perhaps more measurably, resource expenditure. So if you see somebody spending money to censor a belief that profits nobody, and promote a belief that profits themselves, it warrants heavy suspicion.