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by badRNG
1224 days ago
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> Truth is, and always will be, unknowable, at least in an absolute sense. On topics that matter: whether COVID is a hoax, whether vaccines are poison, whether nicotine is safe, whether climate change is a hoax, whether Biden stole the election etc, both "sides" of each question aren't on equal footing just because we don't have access to "absolute truth" in a philosophical sense. These factually incorrect beliefs, whatever we decide to call them, are more than a matter of opinion; they regularly get people killed, and have the capacity to do even greater harm. I'm not necessarily advocating for censorship as a response, but it'd be foolish to pretend that disinformation isn't a serious problem. For the record (since I used that word,) I should say that this is coming from a regular citizen not "a deep-state actor." |
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How could I know that they are "factually incorrect"? What does that statement even mean, except for "I want you to not question it"?
> they regularly get people killed, and have the capacity to do even greater harm
This has nothing to do with truth and falsehood. There are true beliefs that may also get people killed and have capacity to do harm, and false beliefs that are beneficial.
> it'd be foolish to pretend that disinformation isn't a serious problem
There are a lot of serious problems on this world, and I'm fairly skeptical that "disinformation" (defined as people holding non-factual views, leaving aside the philosophical problem of truth) is anywhere near the top of the list, measuring by any relevant impact (e.g. human deaths).
Considering that the first line of defense against "disinformation" these days is censorship, it would be more foolish not to consider collateral damage that stems from any "anti-disinformation" action. For example, education has a lot less collateral damage than censorship.