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Ideas should be judged on their merit, not their popularity. I don't care if my views are fringe and others choose to not take them seriously as a result. That

Ideas should be judged on their merit, not their popularity. I don't care if my views are fringe and others choose to not take them seriously as a result. That's outside my control. People accepting beliefs uncritically is the problem, and that applies equally to nutjob conspiracy theorists as well as people who accept the whatever the current groupthink believes. A cursory examination of history is all that's needed to know that, at any given point in time, there are many beliefs across society which are just flat out wrong. To think that in 2023 somehow we've finally got it figured out is arrogance.

MichaelZuo 3y ago
> Ideas should be judged on their merit, not their popularity. No, ideas that need to be applied broadly should be judged on a combination of their merits and demerits, and popularity, as there are enforcement and political costs associated with any proposal (as long as the government needs to do make any changes whatsoever). It would be different if it was a private proposal that will only affect you and immediate family. To be entirely honest, it seems like you need to rethink this more thoroughly instead of just repeating memorable slogans.