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In the past, authorities have authorized censorship on the basis of claims of substantial chances of social disruption or collapse if people were free to hear about religious heresy, alternate ideologies, sexually permissive art, losses in ongoing wars, looming disasters, and pandemic details. Quite often, those who pushed for such censorship benefited from it in ways well beyond the prevention of social collapse.Some say that the US govt has long known of strong evidence that some UFOs/UAPs are aliens, but has shied away from disclosing this to the public out of fears that it might induce big social disruptions, such as riots or market crashes. Others call this a sensible fear, and call for careful study and elaborate plans before disclosure.This all just seems quite wrong to me. First, people are mostly calm and orderly, even in huge disasters like the sinking of the Titanic. They may riot to express their anger, but not due to learning of some new scientific result. Relativity and…

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