Almost all strange ideas are wrong, and they're usually not even wrong in a useful direction. But the exceptions are the only vector for progress — the real threat isn't error, but homogeneity of thought. Human knowledge is not a loading bar that steadily fills on its own.
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Brilliant, Mason, yes, individuals have to be free to be wrong. Freedom of speech is nothing to be scoffed at, as many are unaware of today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBiLT3LASk …
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Gotta celebrate being wrong Honestly I feel like I throw a party each time I really SEE the ways I've been wrong
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True, but what is the use of humanity understanding the world more correctly?
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Then we would have to start praising people for changing their mind...
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Only people who could possibly have a correct idea and convince others it is correct need that capability. Nobody else needs it. New ideas need significant resistance as well, otherwise there will be no coordination between people.
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It also bears repeating: Individuals cannot be right if they do not agree with you. And then they have no right to be wrong.
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too poetic tbh, in practice this is saying what, that we have to leave nerds and weirdos alone? freedom of speech? supporting dreamy optimism? elitism in science and not in Science? markets? fuck schools? just kill all the plebs already tbh?
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