dieterrams2

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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   > Mill's main reason for conceding an exception to the freedom of speech wasn't the falsehood of the speech, I didn’t say it was his main concern? Mill’s reasoning ultimately rests on what principles he believes would result in
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   I only reference the article for its quote from Mill, in which truth-value is a concern in a situation Mill happened to think warranted the suppression of falsehoods. Since Mill ultimately justified his beliefs in terms of utilitarianism, I
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   igammarays' comment says what I didn't have time to say: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21455211 I don't necessarily think this invalidates Mill's points, but Mill believed in exceptions[1], and
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   Political discourse, in Mill's time, was a very different beast than it is today.
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   You’re crediting capitalism with solving the very problems it created.
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   If you play poker, you know that, for any given hand, you can make the right play but still lose. But you’ll come out net positive by repeatedly making the right play. You don’t get to play as many hands in your career as you do in a sessio
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   by dieterrams2 7y ago

   Hindsight is 20/20. It’s all about what the right decision was with the information available to you at the time, not what decision would’ve had the best outcome in retrospect.