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Re:John Carmack on the Joe Rogan Experience [video] by drngdds on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:34PM (#20831742)
What you call a "lack of outrage on controversial topics" would be more accurately called "unwillingness to seriously challenge the terrible ideas he gives a platform to"
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Re:John Carmack on the Joe Rogan Experience [video] by proc0 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:14PM (#20832146)
His job is not to challenge his guest's ideas, it is precisely to give them a platform. Weak people are afraid of ideas and thus dislike this very notion.
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Re:John Carmack on the Joe Rogan Experience [video] by quantdev on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:25PM (#20832243)
Agreed. I don't want to see hosts challenging their guests' ideas. I appreciate Sean Carrol's physics podcasts for exactly the same reason: he doesn't always agree with his guest's interpretation of quantum mechanics or understanding of consciousness, but he does not argue with them - he helps them present their best case.

If you want to see guests arguing with their hosts, well that's a form of entertainment you can get on cable.

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