I absolutely believe my above comment, but am unhappy that it is my only response to this post.
I have a lot of disagreements with this post, both factually and in principle, and I wish it had been written very differently. But my guess is that many people who read this will walk away with a more accurate picture of the world. Not a pareto improvement, they’ll have less accurate impressions of some parts, but it overall represents an improvement, and that’s good. And people can correct the false parts, so the net improvement might be even higher.
I absolutely believe my above comment, but am unhappy that it is my only response to this post.
I have a lot of disagreements with this post, both factually and in principle, and I wish it had been written very differently. But my guess is that many people who read this will walk away with a more accurate picture of the world. Not a pareto improvement, they’ll have less accurate impressions of some parts, but it overall represents an improvement, and that’s good. And people can correct the false parts, so the net improvement might be even higher.