Consider almost any apparently current ‘common knowledge’ today – Net Zero, critical race theory, trans, ‘diversity is our strength’ – and you will find instead a minority concern elevated to ‘common knowledge’ with the dictatorial overlord shouting down those who dare speak against it. This is most acutely felt within academia and certain corporates, but all of us at some point will have self-censored for fear our opinions are not common knowledge when in fact they probably are. If as a society we can succeed in getting a proper handle on ‘common knowledge’ we will greatly improve our country and our sense of ease within it.
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I am watching what happens in britain, possibly in the next few months, over the “common knowledge” necessity for NetZero. As I understand it, britain has been destroying the ability to produce energy and heat at a prodigious rate to try to meet this goal. I don’t know about y’all, but we are about to have winter start here. Statements by environmentalists about happy they are that Mother Gaia is pleased will not keep you warm in a snowstorm. Those making those statements will of course be exempt from any restrictions on heating.
Subotai Bahadur
My personal thanks go to the one guy who gave us a public, free, widely-used forum upon which many found out that those hidden and clearly shameful little opinions which we buried and never spoke of were, in fact, mainstream and widely accepted.
Gaslighting works best in the dark.
Thanks, Elon Musk!
(And, of course, PdH and crew, for this part of it all. It’s all sunlight.)