Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by LudwigNagasena on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:49AM
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And it is even easier to convince someone who holds a correct opinion that their opinion is wrong, if you ban and suppress correct opinion.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by mostertoaster on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:50AM
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“Correct” opinion, is also subjective. Someone thought let’s say the hunter biden laptop story was true at first, then someone convinced them it was wrong, because of censure.
And maybe that opinion was “wrong” because it didn’t promote some agenda or worldview that the majority hold.
What is true, and what is correct aren’t always the same thing.
In 1984 the correct answer to 2+2 is 5.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by replygirl on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:48AM
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And do you think an environment where undesirable ideas are suppressed would be conducive to believers changing their minds? Or do you think maybe those ideas would become further entrenched and evolve into QAnon and vaccine microchip theory?
This is a major blind spot of otherwise intelligent, thinking people: they believe that once a person is presented with the truth, it magically reveals itself to them as the superior piece of knowledge and the scales suddenly fall from their eyes. It's utter nonsense, and people don't work this way.
*Edit: To my replies, I'm addressing an epistemological assumption with this particular comment, not making a broader judgement one way or the other about Twitter's handling of speech. I don't care about Hunter Biden or whatever pet issue you have with the media.