midwitedu

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   by midwitedu 4y ago

   The theoretical ability to falsify something (or to prove it) has no bearing on the realities of propaganda, extensive domain knowledge or the lack thereof, and how such positions are ultimately arrived at. Namely, trust in the institutions
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   by midwitedu 4y ago

   A conflation at best idiotic and at worst actively disingenuous. Not listening would be you choosing to ignore someone. You don't have the right to throw them to the curb for expressing an opinion. Really, it's like HN has fallen
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   by midwitedu 4y ago

   Dreary, historically-ignorant myopia. Neither you nor the era in which you live are special enough to erode generations of protections for the ability to think freely, speak freely, and to do so without fear of repercussions.
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   by midwitedu 4y ago

   Don't flatter yourself. Americans are, by and large, tired of the abject stupidity behind that speech.
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   by midwitedu 4y ago

   Yes, yes. Popper always ends up trotted out by the people most interested in framing their censorious impulses as somehow above scrutiny. Let's call this the paradox of rationalization: those quickest to engage in the behavior tend to