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by lmm 1817 days ago
> What about the self-censorship of our neo-cortex telling us not to insult other people? Is that bad too?

It's appropriately calibrated.

If something would anger 50 people out of your neolithic tribe of ~100, it might well be a bad idea to say it. If something would anger 50 people on Twitter... I'm not sure there's a single thing that wouldn't anger 50 people on Twitter.