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What about when it's our unpopular idea, siculars? Ten to fifteen years ago, when it was common knowledge that hackers were just criminals that broke into comp
by randallsquared 18y ago
What about when it's our unpopular idea, siculars? Ten to fifteen years ago, when it was common knowledge that hackers were just criminals that broke into computers and stole things, should we have had to have these conversations underground and marginalized?
When you call for suppression, you're asserting that you expect to be on the winning side of every memetic battle, but the only way to assure that is to switch sides if you're losing.
- siculars 18y agoThe conflagration between hacker and cracker was and remains semantics. Sir, your argument is sound but your example is weak.
- randallsquared 18y agoI knew it was weak, but it was the only point of reference I had that I knew we shared, without reading through your comment history. I think you mean "conflation", by the way.
- siculars 18y agoI meant what I wrote. Conflagration it is.
- benmathes 18y agoIdeally we would debate openly and ideas would stand/fall on their merits alone. However, this takes near herculean mental efforts on the parts of all involved to overcome their base, political instincts. And unfortunately you lose politically if you engage with dramatically unpopular ideas in any way: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/in-the-latest-american-journal-of-economics-and-sociology-arthur-diamond-presents-a-very-disturbing-resultpolywater-one-of.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/in-the-latest-american...