<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A free society has to tolerate people making bad... > A free society has to tolerate people making bad decisions, but it does not have to lie to them about the mathematics. Some choices increase the probability of hospitalization, disability, exclusion from particular high-risk environments, or death, and pretending otherwise is not compassion. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A free society has to tolerate people making bad decisions, but it does not have to lie to them about the mathematics. Some choices increase the probability of hospitalization, disability, exclusion from particular high-risk environments, or death, and pretending otherwise is not compassion.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-free-society-tolerate-pretending-otherwise-compassion ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->