[AEP Explainers] The Epistemology of Free Speech (with Robert Simpson)

Some people think that the best way for us to discover the truth is by instating a broad policy of free speech. But what if it’s more nuanced than that? In this mini-explainer, Robert Simpson argues that a blanket policy of free speech might in fact undermine truth, because it allows bad actors to use the “dilution method” and buy up airtime in the marketplace of ideas.

This is the third in a series of mini-explainers about different topics in applied epistemology.

Script and Voiceover: Robert Simpson (UCL)
Production: Ripley Stroud (UNC)