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Useless if censored. Censored people have to resort to the same channels and tactics that crackpots do if they truly believe in their discoveries and that just
by iamthepieman 3y ago
Useless if censored. Censored people have to resort to the same channels and tactics that crackpots do if they truly believe in their discoveries and that just exacerbates the problem.
But censorship of unpopular opinion has always been going on. I don't believe there's a technical/service solution to this. The solution is a societal and political one and those are harder to come by than the next big technical innovation.
Edit - spelling
- passwordoops 3y agoI hate to say I agree. I'm almost feeling motivated enough to teach high school so I can make David Deutsch mandatory reading. At least Chapter 1 of Beginning of Infinity
- iamthepieman 3y agoYour comment says a lot with few words. I agree, it starts with or at least includes education. You know how hard this is? It's not school, it's parents. Let your kids disagree with you, be respectful of people you obviously disagree with in their presence. Read them opinions or books that make you uncomfortable and then explain why. School can help, but the environment at home can so easily override that.
- kevin_b_er 3y agoWhat if they are crackpots?
- iamthepieman 3y agoWell, that's why I said it exacerbates the problem. In a bipolar societal environment, you're either right or a crackpot. We need a finer grained filter than that. There are really well spoken proponents of ESP (extra sensory perception) and even "studies" that prove it exists. But they are not reproducible and there's no company/government/commune producing extraordinary results that point back to it.