• Natanael@infosec.pub
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    9 hours ago

    Tell me where scientists are prosecuted for having got a theory wrong

    Tell me where meteorologists routinely are prosecuted

    I already mentioned the obvious exceptions (lying to cause certain types of harm) but few western countries allow penalties for anything outside those exceptions

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      9 hours ago

      Tell me where scientists are prosecuted for having got a theory wrong

      Tell me where meteorologists routinely are prosecuted

      Are you more than a little bit slow?

      Do you see the difference between “lies NOT protected” and “lies criminalised”? And BTW I just gave you an example of a criminalised lie.