The popularity of an idea is not a proof of its truth.
Societies are essentially problem solving networks. They collapse when they create more problems than they can solve.
Shielding certain ideas from criticism, as you said, disrupts the search for truth and diminishes our ability to solve problems.
At its core, that is a bad thing.
Societies are essentially problem solving networks. They collapse when they create more problems than they can solve.
Shielding certain ideas from criticism, as you said, disrupts the search for truth and diminishes our ability to solve problems.
At its core, that is a bad thing.