Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ...
by usefulcat on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:55PM
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> People are better off hearing a bad idea and hearing it refuted then never hearing a bad idea.
We humans have a strong preference for ideas that support our existing beliefs. This feature, when combined with the proliferation of sources of news and other information (who directly profit from this feature), means that the ones who are most in need of hearing the refutation of a bad idea are also the least likely to ever hear it.
We humans have a strong preference for ideas that support our existing beliefs. This feature, when combined with the proliferation of sources of news and other information (who directly profit from this feature), means that the ones who are most in need of hearing the refutation of a bad idea are also the least likely to ever hear it.