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Scientific unprogress... (reddthat.com)

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[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago

Making it easy was the mistake, the internet was great when knowing what tcp/ip actually is was a barrier to entry.

Gatekeeping isn't a dirty word.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 58 points 2 days ago

This also exposed just how many stupid people are out there. We all assumed that making infinite knowledge available would be the rising tide which lifts all boats; instead, the rising tide is a tsunami of idiocy and willful ignorance.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

I know that I was completely wrong in this regard. You know, like how Mark Twain said something like travel was anathema to bigotry.

So, I thought that the reason bigotry existed was that people are afraid of the unknown, so if you forced people together, they'd have to realize that we're all the same.

But now I realize that the main reason bigotry exists is that people are staying in contact with other bigots. The part about meeting diverse people is important, but far less important than pulling people out of their comfort zone to combat bigotry. So, the internet amplifies bigotry, because they'll never be out-of-contact with their local bigots, even if they travel away from them.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can we please just make network that has a higher barrier to entry than spending 1000 dollars on an iPhone but through a 4 year loans?

And before some c suite fuck head reads this, I don't mean cost more money. I mean cost just a tiny bit more intellectually.

[-] bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 days ago

Are we not already on such a network? There are some here that moan about the Fediverse being too hard of a concept for the laymen to wrap their heads around. I do not disagree with them, but I like to see it as a moron filter that doesn't seem to exist on most other places on the internet.