As much as I fight Shermer's bad empiricism & pseudo-rationalism, I support him in his endeavor to promote freedom of expression as the pivotal element of intellectual life.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/936034793317220353 …
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2) freedom of speech is a robust definition, scale invariant, and rigid across time and situations. Justice and other concepts are relative and vary with time, place, and scale.
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3) For instance one may invoke justice and equality to completely open borders between Eu & Africa (or US & Mexico) & call anyone who disagree "racist". The definition of freedom is more robust.
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I think the point of Eternal Justice is that this world is a veil of tears where perhaps only a temporary justice can happen. Freedom signifies openness to the unknown which allows for survival. Without it, we have all of the answers and “Justice” until the black swan comes
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