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by thedream 1675 days ago
It is eerie to see engineers so terrified of wrongthink that they clamor for censorship rather than engaging with the ideas presented.

Garbage in, garbage out.

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"Wrongthink" and "misinformation" are two separate things. Seeing misinformation flagged and hidden is great.
You are equating "misinformation" with "ideas the collective does not like".

If you don't see the problem with that, it's already too late for you.

Garbage in, garbage out.

"Garbage in, garbage out" means nothing in this context yet you keep throwing it around to punctuate a very confusing and misguided point.

Also loving this typical cop-out argument of "If you don't see the problem then there's no hope". Either explain your weird stance further or stop getting fussy when people decide they don't want to listen to you. We're not lemmings, we're capable of analyzing situations with a critical eye.

1. Not everyone here is an engineer.

2. It gets tiring having the same discussion over and over again. Often it is better for the community to just downvote and move on.

I'm not afraid of wrongthink. What particular piece of secret knowledge do you think I'm terrified of?