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[ny_quant]

Не успели мы это самое обсудить в дружественном журнале как вот опять.

There is a big debate over who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline. Instead of allowing the debate, Facebook has decided to take a side. It is censoring Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. And instead of explaining, Facebook sends readers to an article in Norwegian. Watch pic.twitter.com/nN18HovBPR

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) April 19, 2023

Comments

[quakestop.livejournal.com]

> Why is that a problem? Who cares?

Because of the echo chamber effect that intensifies lies people believe in. So instead of reading alternative facts they're keep digging further entrenching in their beliefs.

> Truth will win in the end.

Yeah, yeah. And the lion will lie down with the lamb.

[ny-quant.livejournal.com]

How can you be so sure that *you* don't inhabit an echo chamber yourself? Especially after you ban all dissent.

[quakestop.livejournal.com]

You're making lies equal to dissent, it's not fair.

Let's consider banning all dissent in your industry — why not allow people to run Ponzi schemes or other 'get rich quick' scenarios? Why not allow people to decide for themselves where to invest because 'truth will win in the end'?

[ny-quant.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not making them equal but what I'm saying is that sometimes it's very hard to tell which is what, and sometimes it's not black and white, and I don't want the Ministry of Truth, in any shape or form, to be the ultimate arbiter.

But 'get rich quick' schemes are in some cases legal. The most famous is called lottery.

Cheating people out of their money is not a form of dissent.