Hi, everybody. This is Scott Sad. I just saw a clip on X where Sam Harris is sharing his profound

disappointment that Joe Rogan would allow all sorts of people on his platform that, quote, you know, spread disinformation and misinformation.

He mentions a guy by the name of Dave Smith.

I'm not exactly sure who he is.

I know he's some kind of anti-Israel guy.

And then he mentions the fact that he speaks to guys like Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump and so on and these guys are

way too dangerous to be given this platform again this demonstrates the consequentialist

bent that Sam has when it comes to freedom of speech freedom freedom of inquiry, open debate in a free society.

I may not like what Dave Smith says about Israel, and I might think that it's completely wrong.

The few snippets I've seen, I don't think very highly of his analyses.

But I certainly have never had the reflex to go in public and say, hey, Joe, why are you letting

these guys on your show?

Because I completely internalize the deontological principle that in a free society, you speak to people.

Now, you may choose not to want to speak to them because you don't want to give them,

you know, your time. I don't necessarily debate creationists, not because I'm trying to

shut their voice, but because I don't think it'll be

a worthwhile exchange to discuss evolution with a creationist. There's nothing that I can share

with them that would alter their position, and therefore an engagement would be futile. But I

never have the reflex to say,

hey, Elon, why are you allowing these people on X? These people are sending me all kinds of mean

anti-Jewish insults. Please cancel their accounts and so on. Precisely because I understand that

in a free society, short of direct incitement to violence

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