Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of speech (2020)

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Post by gmays » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:02 PM UTC

Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of speech (2020)
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Post by dbxkcichhdfufu » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

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Re: Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of speech (2020)

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Post by OrangeMonkey » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

There appears to be a recent shift on HackerNews no longer support freedom of speech. I don't know that its just HackerNews either - it seems like its 'internet residents no longer support freedom of speech.'

I'm not sure how to interpret this.

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Post by seydor » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #3

There appears to be a recent shift on HackerNews no longer support freedom of speech. I don't know that its just HackerNews either - it seems like its 'internet residents no longer support freedom of speech.' I'm not sure how to interpret this.

according to the study, a valid hypothesis is that hn became more stupid

more seriously, the shift is not just HN it is everywhere. We have generations of people who have been grown up to self-censor at every step, so by natural extension freedom of speech is not a priority. Urbanization and the evergreen/growth/globalist agenda that comes with it is also in favor of restrictions that maintain the cohesion of large congregations

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Post by faeriechangling » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

Makes perfect sense to me. The free exchange of information is more appealing and less threatening when you have more information processing capability to begin with.

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Post by nurettin » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #4

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #3

There appears to be a recent shift on HackerNews no longer support freedom of speech. I don't know that its just HackerNews either - it seems like its 'internet residents no longer support freedom of speech.' I'm not sure how to interpret this.

according to the study, a valid hypothesis is that hn became more stupid more seriously, the shift is not just HN it is everywhere. We have generations of people who have been grown up to self-censor at every step, so by natural extension freedom of speech is not a priority. Urbanization and the evergreen/growth/globalist agenda that comes with it is also in favor of restrictions that maintain the cohesion of large c…

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Post by tgv » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

It seems to be based on data grouped on questionable labeling of dubious grouping of people, correlated with a weak proxy of cognitive ability (How many word associations do homosexuals get right; that's really one of the cells in the analysis). And it answers nothing of interest. How is this publishable?

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #3

There appears to be a recent shift on HackerNews no longer support freedom of speech. I don't know that its just HackerNews either - it seems like its 'internet residents no longer support freedom of speech.' I'm not sure how to interpret this.

It is sad that people who believe in real free speech now have to clarify that they are free speech absolutists.

When it comes down to it, I don’t think any of those people you are mentioning ever actually supported free speech - just the idea of it before it came to a head.

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Post by bragr » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

It would be interesting to see if they could control for level of/exposure to formal education in cognitive ability (plenty of smart uneducated people, and dumb educated people). I think this would help tease of if this is a feature of cognitive ability, or if cognitive ability is just a proxy to how much civics education you've likely had.

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Post by colordrops » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 4:25 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #4

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #3

There appears to be a recent shift on HackerNews no longer support freedom of speech. I don't know that its just HackerNews either - it seems like its 'internet residents no longer support freedom of speech.' I'm not sure how to interpret this.

according to the study, a valid hypothesis is that hn became more stupid more seriously, the shift is not just HN it is everywhere. We have generations of people who have been grown up to self-censor at every step, so by natural extension freedom of speech is not a priority. Urbanization and the evergreen/growth/globalist agenda that comes with it is also in favor of restrictions that maintain the cohesion of large c…

Your comment may be facetious, but I believe that's the most common rationale for censorship - the public is not intelligent enough to handle the barrage of online information.