Twitter co-founder: I’m sorry if we made Trump’s presidency possible

Re:Twitter co-founder: I’m sorry if we made Trump’s presiden... by qb45 on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:19AM (#14391865)

> Heinous ideas are important because at the very least - people can define themselves against it.

Heinous ideas are useful for understanding heinous people. Defining oneself against them is what flamewars are made of.

> That's how the brain is designed.

I don't believe in creationism. It's super ironic that throughout the 19th and 20th century many self-proclaimed atheists kept working on the basis of things that actually are intelligent design assumptions.

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Re:Twitter co-founder: I’m sorry if we made Trump’s presiden... by intended on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:05AM (#14392060)

I'm not sure how creationism got into this, but human brains react differently to different types of stimuli. In particular emotionally priming information tends to out perform rational or non-emotional complex information.

Even if we ignore that, you can simply see that if moderation and corrective action is not applied forums tend to become circle jerks of in-jokes and memes.

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