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kyleblarson on Jan 4, 2022 | hide | past | favorite



> I listened to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast interview of mRNA inventor Dr. Robert Malone, M.D.

It's certain that Dr. Robert Malone, M.D did not invent mRNA.


Are the parts of India where ivermectin helped places where worms are common? https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-t...


I really, really hope that GETTR doesn't turn out to be another Parler. I want a social media platform that everybody feels comfortable using, and that nobody's banned from.


> I really, really hope that GETTR doesn't turn out to be another Parler.

That seems like wishful thinking. "So you got banned for good reason, come here!" is a recipe for a Parler.

> I want a social media platform that everybody feels comfortable using, and that nobody's banned from.

That's literally impossible. A community will quickly become dysfunctional if it can't regulate its members' behavior, and a dysfunctional community is not appealing to "everybody." Banning is one of the most important tools for managing user behavior in an online community.

I think it's pretty clear that extreme forms of the "marketplace of ideas" simply don't work (e.g. ones where everyone is expected to sort through a haystack of lies to find a needle of truth), because probably a majority of people lack the time and/or competence to find that needle, and will instead pick some lie and then fight for it. Two truths and a lie can work, ten-thousand lies and a truth cannot.




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