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Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by Joeri on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:08PM (#25852639)
Ah, but my sister always says I’m not open-minded because I won’t read all her antivaxer info. If we give all ideas equal credence, better ideas will not win out.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by eloff on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:06PM (#25853607)
I'm not suggesting that being open minded requires giving all ideas equal credence, that's a strawman. Just that us humans tend to have strongly held opinions that are wrong far too often - like your sister in this case. If she was more open minded about her own beliefs that would be beneficial.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by anamexis on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:32PM (#25852852)
I think antivax claims have been given equal credence, they've just been found false.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by sli on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:43PM (#25852948)
A better example is that equal time is frequently given to both sides of the climate change debate despite the actually numbers showing that calling it a "debate" is journalistic laziness. Equal credence would mean the deniers only get about 3% of the allotted time to make their crackpot case, because that's the closest they come to being a "side" in this non-debate against the other 93% that also have 100% of the data and research.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by imtringued on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:59AM (#25856926)
It's like spam in a decentralized system. Attackers can't change consensus within the system but they can slow it down to a crawl. Proof of work in Bitcoin is just an anti spam mechanism.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? by wolco5 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:51PM (#25853955)
Your sister grew up with you and went through the same schooling as you.

Doesn't she deserve to be heard? By labeling her a antivaxer and ignoring her based on that label you effectively are closing your mind to her.