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If you have a better solution to the paradox of tolerance, I'm all ears. (People still using platforms : the likes of Facebook, Discord, LinkedIn, Github, or C
by BlueTemplar 1y ago
If you have a better solution to the paradox of tolerance, I'm all ears.
(People still using platforms : the likes of Facebook, Discord, LinkedIn, Github, or ChatGPT being amongst the ones that undermine democratic ideals and that ought to be socially shamed, and, in some cases, beaten up.)
- msuniverse2026 1y agoWhen you come to a paradox its probably better to reassess axioms than embrace the paradox.
- BlueTemplar 1y agoWe're talking about unsolved philosophical issues here, matters of barely stable equilibriums. Would you rather be «team Plato», ruled by enlightened 'philosopher-kings' ? Comes with its own set of issues. P.S.: Also, it's probably only a real paradox if you conflate the levels of application : what is really problematic is the systems that result in increased intolerance.
- immibis 1y agoCan you be more concrete about this? How would you resolve this specific paradox without throwing out any obviously true axioms or introducing any obviously false ones? If it was easily resolved, it wouldn't be called a paradox. Banach-Tarski is a paradox. You can resolve it by deleting the axiom of choice. But the axiom of choice is obviously true, at least as much as B-T is obviously false. That's why it's a "paradox" and not just "a proof that the axiom of choice is false"
- harvey9 1y agoDo you mean you want to metaphorically beat up a website, or literally beat up people whose views you disagree with?
- immibis 1y agoI think they mean arrest and jail time. Which is a form of violence.