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I think this really misses my point, and also is just factually wrong as the other poster responded. >But people should always be assumed to be capable of judg

I think this really misses my point, and also is just factually wrong as the other poster responded. >But people should always be assumed to be capable of judging their informational environment independently of formal education. Not to do so would be deeply paternalistic and infantilizing. That's not the point. The question was "what can be done to combat misinformation" and my response was "education" which in the democracies that I'm aware of, is generally provided by the gov't. You are talking about something else entirely, and a bit pejoratively as well, which is ironic because you are talking about education but apparently completely missed the point.

fwn 4y ago
> The question was "what can be done to combat misinformation" and my response was "education" No, the topic was that whether the thesis that technologies like ChatGPT enable misinformation is a reason to keep the technology unfree. And in response to that topic it was me, not you, who introduced education. You then just added a loaded question designed to hint at a preexisting government. edit: I can't add further comments anymore due to HN limits, but notice how the person responding to me is changing the topic after I pointed out that they are misrepresenting the earlier discussion. They wrote: > The question was "what can be done to combat misinformation" and my response was "education" But they weren't able to point at the comment where 1) this question supposedly emerged and 2) their response supposedly brought up education as a solution.
- freejazz 4y ago
  Preexisting gov't? Where do you live? Most people here live under a gov't - why are you being this obtuse. Bizarre that you think you are in a position to state what my intent was when my last response to you was that you missed my point. So much for making an effort to understand.

fwn 4y ago

> The question was "what can be done to combat misinformation" and my response was "education" No, the topic was that whether the thesis that technologies like ChatGPT enable misinformation is a reason to keep the technology unfree. And in response to that topic it was me, not you, who introduced education. You then just added a loaded question designed to hint at a preexisting government. edit: I can't add further comments anymore due to HN limits, but notice how the person responding to me is changing the topic after I pointed out that they are misrepresenting the earlier discussion. They wrote: > The question was "what can be done to combat misinformation" and my response was "education" But they weren't able to point at the comment where 1) this question supposedly emerged and 2) their response supposedly brought up education as a solution.

freejazz 4y ago
Preexisting gov't? Where do you live? Most people here live under a gov't - why are you being this obtuse. Bizarre that you think you are in a position to state what my intent was when my last response to you was that you missed my point. So much for making an effort to understand.