> I'd rather tolerate false information from the contrarians than risk a false mainstream view that can never get corrected. That doesn't mean contrarians are automatically (or even usually) right, though
I don't. I think it's reckless to tolerate contrarian information (and in fact, it's causing a much higher death toll during this pandemic) in public.
I agree that specialists should still be allowed to discuss contrarian information, via papers, peer review and the overall scientific process.
But should Software Engineers (like most of us here) really be warranted a platform, a listening audience on their ideas about virology?
I don't. I think it's reckless to tolerate contrarian information (and in fact, it's causing a much higher death toll during this pandemic) in public.
I agree that specialists should still be allowed to discuss contrarian information, via papers, peer review and the overall scientific process.
But should Software Engineers (like most of us here) really be warranted a platform, a listening audience on their ideas about virology?