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"False info" is a matter for debate. "Improve public discourse" too. Are we saying that the conversation is less angry when everybody basically agrees?
by swayvil 2y ago
"False info" is a matter for debate. "Improve public discourse" too.
Are we saying that the conversation is less angry when everybody basically agrees?
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoIt's not a debate, they used clear definitions.
- mardef 2y agoNo, nowhere is the article stating that only one viewpoint is allowed. For example, if there were several scientists that were debating more precise ways of calculating the circumference of Earth, the discourse would improve if flat Earth information was excluded.
- faeriechangling 2y agoFraming people as “false info traffickers” sort of reveals to me that these researchers sort of do believe only one viewpoint should be allowed? They talk like military censors do during wartime, or political commissars.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoPeople spreading lies is bad, yes. Most of us learned this when we were 5 years old.
- adolph 2y ago> Are we saying that the conversation is less angry when everybody basically agrees? diversity attractive until polarized Claims: Anger is firstly a masking emotion for the immature sadness that others' values are not the same as one's own. Anger is secondly an emotional manipulation strategy to enjoin others.