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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by Reelin on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:58AM (#21230968)
> the underlying axiom here is that debate can be had, and that people can be convinced through reason

I take it you haven't seen Twitter (or Facebook, or Reddit, or even SE lately)? Or perhaps you're referring only to in person interactions here, but I've still never witnessed this outside of a STEM setting (and even then, not always).

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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by lmm on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:42AM (#21232040)
A platform that deliberately limits the length of what can be posted to only the most trivial thoughts turns out to be a poor place for debate? Shocking, that.
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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by rjblackman on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:22PM (#21234292)
we are talking about karl popper's open society. not sure he knew about social media :)
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