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Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by happytoexplain on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @10:17PM (#24562266)
I see the "who decides" argument used a lot like this, where the implication is that the mere nature of something being subjective means one must not leverage discernment, or that a single authority must be able to be established. I feel like the engineering types of minds attracted to HN are more prone to accidentally committing this kind of fallacy, as it involves a bias towards black and white objective processes.
Re:As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and libe... by Scalestein on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:18PM (#24562584)
I certainly think there is room and use for discernment in guest selection. My "who decides" is a bit of hyperbole in this case but my point is more that Rogan's podcast has a much wider band of guests across the political / scientific / psuedoscientific spectrum. It lets the listener be 'the decider' much more than most if not all other podcasts and media more generally.