As reported by CNET:
Earlier this month, a letter from more than 250 medical professionals, professors and researchers called for Spotify to stop the spread of COVID misinformation on its platform and pointed to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Since then, more than a thousand other professionals have signed the letter.
Whenever I see something like this, I’m reminded of the time when 100 German scientists signed a letter saying that Einstein’s theory of relativity was wrong. Einstein’s response is worth noting: ‘If I were wrong, one signature would be enough.’
The line between ‘information’ and ‘misinformation’ isn’t something that’s determined by voting.
All progress, but especially scientific progress, begins with someone doubting what everyone else accepts. It’s dissent, not consensus, that is the real engine of science.
How ironic that so many people who call themselves ‘scientists’ are working so hard to switch off the engine of science, and that so many people who call themselves ‘progressive’ are so terrified of the primary source of progress.
