I really don’t care what they were burning. I understand the sentiment to want to rid the world of bad ideas, but those bad ideas are bound to return and if people are fooled into thinking they’re NEW ideas they become 10x as dangerous. I’d rather keep the books of bad ideas available and just encourage people to study them and understand exactly why their ideas are bad so when they pop up again, even with different names, we won’t be fooled.
I really don’t care what they were burning. I understand the sentiment to want to rid the world of bad ideas, but those bad ideas are bound to return and if people are fooled into thinking they’re NEW ideas they become 10x as dangerous. I’d rather keep the books of bad ideas available and just encourage people to study them and understand exactly why their ideas are bad so when they pop up again, even with different names, we won’t be fooled.