Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online

Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by megaman821 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:15PM (#30142781)

It really is just people. Look at all the information about HIV in the 80's, long before social media. People believed some truly crazy, racist, and misinformed things about HIV and its spread.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by spion on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:36PM (#30142932)

People are multifaceted beings. Social media AI automatically exploits any and all of our failings in the name of engagement. Traditional media used to do that before to some extent but the current situation is unprecedented in its reach and efficiency - custom tailored to individuals.

Technology is supposed to compensate for our failings, not exaggerate them to the extreme.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by nradov on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:06PM (#30143651)

It really was crazy. Back in 1985 Neil Young apparently thought that he could catch HIV if a homosexual clerk handled his groceries (obviously nonsense and highly offensive).

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/michelle-shock...

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by Nemrod67 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:43AM (#30146622)

There's one with Fauci doing the same XD

The Clown Timeline might have been the last Cold-War era weapon, a doomsday weapon.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by pvaldes on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:00AM (#30146715)

But Neil Young didn't died by HIV... Wise man.

"You were -too cautious- about that new disease that was killing everybody in 1985" feels more like a dark joke than a serious claim. Everybody was shocked when Rock Hudson died in 1985.

History repeats itself.

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