Emil O W Kirkegaard

I don’t share your intuition. This is why it’s probably best to pursue the truth. Remember, plenty of people were warning that society would fall to pieces of Darwinism were accepted. The future is hard to predict.

There are, as Galileo and many others have argued, immense costs to attempting to shut down areas of inquiry. Those have to be factored into any decision. Silencing moderates won’t stop other people from discussing these topics.

Are you suggesting that it's a good thing to base policy on information that might not be accurate?

You have things backwards. One has to look at the evidence first, and then decide policy. We can't suppress research based on how one imagine it might cause policy changes if you aren't 100% sure these policies are right to begin with. No one has 100% certainty of anything.