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Why can't we reflexively refute things if they are wrong?

Why does it have to be shaming so often these days?

We need fringe opinion, we need new ideas. And new ideas on average means: bad ideas. Still need the process for the one brilliant one among all the bad.

We should encourage people thinking out loud, and accept that this is a process. Including people with bigger-than-life personality, including lunatics who might hit onto something by accident, including amateurs. Please allow creativity again, especially in times of need.

Sharing your thinking isn't misinformation. We don't need other grownups protected from mistaken thinking, because you yourself aren't the only one who can spot it.




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