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A comment on Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Understanding (2012) [video]. Parent comment

Re:Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Unders... by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday March 14, 2021 @12:03PM (#26456408)
Then everybody loses, of course. But we can't know that beforehand and our best chance to arrive at the truth is to let competing ideas actually compete- and hope that the ones that surive the ordeal are the ones closest to the truth.
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Re:Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Unders... by mistermann on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:56PM (#26472397)
There is a lot of variability available within the vague expression "let competing ideas actually compete".
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Re:Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Unders... by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:55AM (#26474375)
I don't know what you mean by that. Could you please explain?
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Re:Chomsky – The Machine, the Ghost and the Limits of Unders... by mistermann on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:46PM (#26499259)
Ideas can compete on a level playing field, purely on their merits, or they can be "put out like a fire" by someone with power and influence, and many variations in between.
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