Some people seem to think that even listening to an obnoxious view is dangerous -- as if bad ideas have a power to infect our minds against our better judgement. I'm more inclined to think we need the exposure in order to stimulate our epistemic immune systems.
Well, I mean, that's true for adverts right? And for dining with pharmaceutical representatives if you're a GP...
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not without practice -- we need to learn to read adverts critically. but just avoiding them won't help us to do that. (dining with pharma reps is different -- more like accepting a bribe)
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