I'm surprised by how many ppl have told me they don't think there exist any "unpopular but correct" ideas. Past generations were wrong about lots of things in science, ethics, etc; what's the chance we just happen to be the first ones to have figured *everything* out correctly?
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Replying to @juliagalef
Faith in democracy seems to depend on most unpopular ideas being incorrect. So any observation that there are many unpopular but correct ideas sounds anti-democratic and elitist.
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Replying to @primalpoly @juliagalef
There is a difference between saying "unpopular ideas are probably wrong" and "you argued for/discussed an unpopular idea, so you should be shamed/fired/etc.". Of course contrarians tend to be wrong, but we should be glad to have them.
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And there is a third category of situation: "You pretended to just be arguing for unpopular ideas, but were actually just harassing people and being a complete ass and subjecting us to legal liability so we fired you". That isn't the same.
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Are you referring to anyone in particular?
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