lukeprog:

WhatsTheHarm.com collects incidents of harm from obvious products of epistemic negligence like AIDS denial, homeopathy, exorcism, and faith healing.

That is all very nice, but I notice that among the beliefs criticized on that website, there does not appear to be a single one that is nowadays widespread in reputable academic circles and other influential elite institutions, or that would enjoy such respect and high status that attacking it might be dangerous for one's reputation, career, or worse.

Therefore, the obvious question is: are we indeed lucky to live in a society whose intellectual elites and respectable shapers of public opinion harbor no significant dangerous false beliefs -- or are the authors of this website themselves in the business of perpetuating a harmful and irresponsible delusion, namely that when it comes to dangerous false beliefs, we have nothing to worry about except for these petty low-status superstitions?

(Not that there aren't people who are harmed by these petty superstitions, but compared to the delusions held by the elites in charge, it's like comparing the personal shortcomings of the passengers on the Titanic with the captain's delusions on the matters of navigation. Some perspective is definitely in order in each case.)