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Yeah, I just read the follow-up of Lemoine (not going to link to it becuse I don’t want to direct more attention to it) and that is post-truth subjective discourse right there, saying essentially „we can all have our own opinions, and you won‘t tell me what to believe.“

@zacharylipton As an ex-researcher, I find that pretty incredible, but it is a position that apparently is widespread. Trump exemplified it, and then in the pandemic it turned out that a huge fraction of humanity takes that position, too.

@zacharylipton My impression is that it is not about understanding and insight, but about knowledge and expertise being seen solely as a means of making people do something („scientists say smoking is bad for your health!“)