Uncertainty about whether public discussion is legitimate outweighs uncertainty about facts

Evidence

The problem was not just that members were unsure of the answer to the question (though Ginny sounded pretty sure of some good answers). They were unsure whether even to discuss it at all. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1232

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Factual hearings rarely shift entrenched public opinion — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 1145; The act of public deliberation outweighs its actual argumentative content in easing conflict — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 78; Manufactured doubt, not genuine debate, explains public confusion over climate science consensus — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 75

Broader Connections

• The act of public deliberation outweighs its actual argumentative content in easing conflict #corroborates (0.80) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 78
• Factual hearings rarely shift entrenched public opinion #complicates (0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1145