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Contrast with the bromide that “sunlight makes the best disinfectant”, which has become somewhat dated since the advent of the internet.
by pohl 4y ago
Contrast with the bromide that “sunlight makes the best disinfectant”, which has become somewhat dated since the advent of the internet.
- kibwen 4y agoThe counter to "sunlight is the best disinfectant" is "oxygen is the best accelerant".
- Thiez 4y agoIn defense of the sunlight claim, significantly more people have easy access to sunlight than to environments with above normal oxygen concentrations.
- wizofaus 4y agoHas it though? It still seems to me the most dangerous falsehoods are spread on the parts of the internet receiving the least "sunlight". For myself I still value opinions and/or claims that have been exposed to the greatest number of eyeballs and opportunities to respond, and I'd like to think most HN readers would feel similarly.
- sokoloff 4y agoThere is a fairly large proportion of people who would gleefully restrict certain types of speech that they disagree with. Though it is (probably) not their intent, that doesn’t make that speech go away, but rather moves it out of the reach of sunlight.