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by AnimalMuppet 1788 days ago
I never said flat-earthers should be censored. I said they are objectively wrong, no matter what they claim.

And when they argue that the earth is flat, they aren't arguing about whether it's flat on the scale of my basement.

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The problem is that almost any positive statement can be shown to be objectively wrong. "F=m * a", "x^2 = -1 has no solutions", "light travels in straight lines", etc. There are always conditions under which those are true or are good approximations for specific purpose.

Spelling out those applicability conditions explicitly is critical in research publications (but even then, only used for the topic under investigation). In all other contexts such pedantry is impossible. My 2c.

So? Wrong information is fine, misinformation is the problem.