In the case of 9/11 there is definitely information that's hidden.
The two senses of "wanting to know" can both be applied to 9/11.
Someone who "wants to know" in the sense of ignoring evidence to be able to "know" that 9/11 was caused by a conspiracy is better off not wanting to know.
Someone who wants to know information about 9/11 that is hidden but actually exists is not better off not wanting to know. Wanting to know in this sense is generally a good thing. (Except for privacy and security concerns, but politicians doing things is not privacy, and a politician who says something should be hidden for national security is probably lying).
I don't think that the value of discovering the information in any of those three cases of censorship is very high to anyone
I was referring to the basilisk. Telling people what the basilisk is is very valuable as criticism of LW, and has high "negative value" to LW itself because of how embarrassing it is to LW.
You think that wanting to know the truth means that you can decide on the outcome of what the information that you don't have says. That isn't true.
To the extend that there an interest in weakening Russia and China geopolitically by funding separatists movements within their borders there obviously an interest to be silent about how those movements get funded and which individuals do the funding.
US senator Bob Graham made statements about how crucial information on the potential role of Saudi funding of the 9/11 attack got censored out of the report. (se...
Previous thread
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
Notes for future OT posters:
1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag.
2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one.
3. Open Threads should be posted in Discussion, and not Main.
4. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.