> Mill's main reason for conceding an exception to the freedom of speech wasn't the falsehood of the speech, I didn’t say it was his main concern? Mill’s reasoning ultimately rests on what principles he believes would…
I only reference the article for its quote from Mill, in which truth-value is a concern in a situation Mill happened to think warranted the suppression of falsehoods. Since Mill ultimately justified his beliefs in terms…
igammarays' comment says what I didn't have time to say: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21455211 I don't necessarily think this invalidates Mill's points, but Mill believed in exceptions[1], and the dynamics of…
Political discourse, in Mill's time, was a very different beast than it is today.
You’re crediting capitalism with solving the very problems it created.
If you play poker, you know that, for any given hand, you can make the right play but still lose. But you’ll come out net positive by repeatedly making the right play. You don’t get to play as many hands in your career…
Hindsight is 20/20. It’s all about what the right decision was with the information available to you at the time, not what decision would’ve had the best outcome in retrospect.
> Mill's main reason for conceding an exception to the freedom of speech wasn't the falsehood of the speech, I didn’t say it was his main concern? Mill’s reasoning ultimately rests on what principles he believes would…
I only reference the article for its quote from Mill, in which truth-value is a concern in a situation Mill happened to think warranted the suppression of falsehoods. Since Mill ultimately justified his beliefs in terms…
igammarays' comment says what I didn't have time to say: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21455211 I don't necessarily think this invalidates Mill's points, but Mill believed in exceptions[1], and the dynamics of…
Political discourse, in Mill's time, was a very different beast than it is today.
You’re crediting capitalism with solving the very problems it created.
If you play poker, you know that, for any given hand, you can make the right play but still lose. But you’ll come out net positive by repeatedly making the right play. You don’t get to play as many hands in your career…
Hindsight is 20/20. It’s all about what the right decision was with the information available to you at the time, not what decision would’ve had the best outcome in retrospect.