[brigandish]

> He's making a statement that Joe Rogan is polluting our minds.

I'm reminded of a line from The Prophet:

“Think you the spirit is a still pool which you can trouble with a staff?”

No one's mind is polluted any other way than one's own carelessness. Somehow you've managed to discern that Rogan's information is polluting and manage to survive with a mind that is still capable of good reason - I'm sure you think so. Why do you not credit others with this ability?

[joshuahaglund]

I once heard "Advertising doesn't work on me, I'm too smart."

But we're all susceptible to suggestion and sensationalism, and some to a greater degree. The fact that this company is paying him millions, and probably making more, creates a perverse incentive to sustain and promote him and his nonsense.

[brigandish]

Again, somehow you are able to discern Rogan's nonsense - how do you do it?

Then we can move on to the fallacy of the infallibility of judgement (which ties in nicely with the quote you provided) that J.S. Mill points out in his arguments against censorship.

[joshuahaglund]

Is this what they call a red herring?

[brigandish]

No, it’s a straightforward question that I would be eager for you to answer. How do you manage to discern what Rogan outputs as nonsense while managing not to be polluted by it?

If it’s innate that would be interesting but it would be even better for us all if you would share your methods and then we could all benefit.

[joshuahaglund]

I mean, you're either trolling or incredibly daft to think it's my job to teach you how to think

[brigandish]

Now, now, this is HN, not Facebook.

I would counter that possibly the greatest of all philosophers, Socrates, used this very technique (that now bears his name) to uncover the flaws in someone’s thinking.

So, the question stands.