Of course truths should be debated, there is a difference between useful debate and shouting or deceit.
To paraphrase Asimov, we should well remember that democracy does not mean that Alan's ignorance is equal to Bob's truth.
It has been well demonstrated that trolls can easily and consistently derail even sound scientific discussions, destroying the discussion and even the forum, if allowed. One only need to look her at HN to see how much filtering & moderation work is required to maintain a valid discussion.
Individuals have better discussions than mobs. There is no basis to think that large scale discussions need less filtering & moderation than tight communities, yet even this obvious concept is fought here...
Of course truths should be debated, there is a difference between useful debate and shouting or deceit.
To paraphrase Asimov, we should well remember that democracy does not mean that Alan's ignorance is equal to Bob's truth.
It has been well demonstrated that trolls can easily and consistently derail even sound scientific discussions, destroying the discussion and even the forum, if allowed. One only need to look her at HN to see how much filtering & moderation work is required to maintain a valid discussion.
Individuals have better discussions than mobs. There is no basis to think that large scale discussions need less filtering & moderation than tight communities, yet even this obvious concept is fought here...