iamtrask: Treating all information sources equally is unwise
iamtrask · x · 2026-11-15
Expanding on his information-weighting view of free will, iamtrask argues it's unwise to weight all sources equally unless your community already filters harmful beliefs for you — and claims Western popular culture is fairly bad at this.
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