Society Needs Free Thinkers

Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.

As soon as I started seeing news about vaccine mandates for health-care workers, airline workers, police, military, teachers, government workers, and others – and as soon as the shock of what I was hearing subsided – I started to think about the kind of people we would be losing from those occupations and what that would mean for society. If you like what western governments are doing, then you probably think it’s a good idea to expel anyone who might stand in your way.

But for those of us who are already terrified of the direction western governments are going in, this just adds to the problem. Scientifically speaking, it seems to me that these mandates will create a positive feedback loop. Governments and institutions which are already far more ideologically uniform than they should be will accelerate toward complete uniformity (all the while claiming themselves to be more “diverse” than ever). And do not think for a minute there is a limit to how far this can go. As we have seen with the progressive left when nutty people get together and face no opposition (and are enabled by the mainstream media) they just get nuttier.

I am not criticizing those who find themselves in a vaccinate or starve situation. The fault here lies well and truly with those who are driving this and with those who have the power to stop or fight against it.

In general, systems which lack the ability to self-correct are unstable. So how will it affect society if we lose the very people who have the ability and the inclination to speak out when they see problems? How will we progress if we eliminate those people who are most likely to see a better way forward?

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