Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by ksk on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:57PM
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>The problem is, actually, "gullible people who lack the capacity for critical thought". It doesn't really matter if it is "one person", or a tightly knit group, or even one's own government.
Since you can't wave a magic wand and expect people to get smarter in the matters of public health, you have to come up with a solution that works for todays populace. IMHO the only solution is to artificially amplify the voice of experts. Yes, some may call this "gatekeeping", but yeah we don't want to give equal time to crystals and homeopathy as we do to established accepted science.
__Any__ qualified individual/institution that deviates from the "authority" falls under this guidance. That means no dissent is tolerated, regardless of qualification of the source.
Authoritarianism is authoritarianism.
> The ability for one person to amplify their voice or ideas via hundreds or thousands of bots, paid assholes, and gullible people who lack the capacity for critical thought is a problem. It's a big problem.
The problem is, actually, "gullible people who lack the capacity for critical thought". It doesn't really matter if it is "one person", or a tightly knit group, or even one's own government.
> The ability for one person to amplify their voice or ideas
A wonderful ability, and a cherished Human Right.
> Truth, facts, and hoping that people can apply logic to find their way to them isn't enough anymore and the people exploiting this advantage are getting better at it.
That is your opinion, and imo highly likely not even an original opinion. Where did you first read that "truth, facts, and [logic] isn't enough anymore"? It a very 'interesting' meme, don't you agree?