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Censorship and the Gray Area of Personal Attacks
1:30:28 - 1:37:57 (07:29)
The debate around censorship often centers around the line between ideas and personal attacks. While bad ideas should be exposed, it is a difficult task to determine what crosses the line and who should have the power to make those decisions.
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The cognitive and behavioral capacity of humans have been offloaded to the software layer (culture and consciousness), which gets rewritten over time.
1:30:28 - 1:33:06 (02:38)
Summary
The cognitive and behavioral capacity of humans have been offloaded to the software layer (culture and consciousness), which gets rewritten over time. While the spread of garbage ideas can be destructive in the short term, valuable ideas tend to stick over the long term.
ChapterCensorship and the Gray Area of Personal Attacks
Episode#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The line between censorship and personal attacks can be a gray area, but people should be free to express and examine bad ideas without fear of censorship.
1:33:07 - 1:36:08 (03:01)
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The line between censorship and personal attacks can be a gray area, but people should be free to express and examine bad ideas without fear of censorship. Censoring someone who was proven right before on behalf of the same group being protected could be problematic.
ChapterCensorship and the Gray Area of Personal Attacks
Episode#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The discussion revolves around whether YouTube should allow scientists to curate discussions on their platform disclosing facts, and to present a fuller picture rather than censoring it altogether.
1:36:09 - 1:37:57 (01:48)
Summary
The discussion revolves around whether YouTube should allow scientists to curate discussions on their platform disclosing facts, and to present a fuller picture rather than censoring it altogether.