English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades

Re:English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:33PM (#38179930)

What is "in the middle"? If CDC says "get vaccinated, so you won't infect grandma" and I say "even if you're vaccinated, you can still get covid and infect grandma" ... where's the middle there?

And if your NTP server has failed you once before.. and again.. and again... would it be unreasonable to say "maybe the NTP is wrong" the next time something weird happens with your system clock?

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Re:English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades by kube-system on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:12PM (#38180548)

A pretty reasonable middle road is to hold statements supported by evidence made by experts in higher regard than statements not supported by evidence made by non-experts.

The degree to which someone might do reasonably do this, and what action they might reasonably take as a result, depends on the audience, the moderator of the medium, their ability to moderate, and their ability judge the evidence independently.

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