<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Every civilization eventually has to distinguish... > Every civilization eventually has to distinguish between dissent and epistemic sabotage. Questioning medicine is healthy; teaching people that evidence itself is contamination creates citizens who can no longer update before reality updates them by force. **Source:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every civilization eventually has to distinguish between dissent and epistemic sabotage. Questioning medicine is healthy; teaching people that evidence itself is contamination creates citizens who can no longer update before reality updates them by force.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-every-civilization-eventually-reality-updates-force ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->