Suppression of Truth is Necessary for the Best Possible World

Rebel Epistemographer recently told me a story about NASA doing epistemic shenanigans. A truth was discovered, and yet the chain of command suppressed it. This lead to the 2003 STS-107 shuttle disaster. Short on time and exasperated by the denial of their request, the engineers then went outside of reporting channels and contacted a friend with access to a military satellite that could provided the needed photographs. NASA found out about this request and shut it down also. The computer simulation was, as expected, inconclusive and all astronauts on board the shuttle perished upon reentry as it was later determined that there was indeed a large hole in the wing of the spacecraft that rendered its return to earth impossible. From Epistemic Politics and the 'Data Block' Was this good or bad? What would you have done if you were in charge? My understanding is: this was the right decision. Had this issue been widely reported, it would have put humanity in a lose-lose position: publicly aba

Rebel Epistemographer recently told me a story about NASA doing epistemic shenanigans. A truth was discovered, and yet the chain of command suppressed it. This lead to the 2003 STS-107 shuttle disaster. Short on time and exasperated by the denial of their request, the engineers then went outside of reporting channels and contacted a friend with access to a military satellite that could provided the needed photographs. NASA found out about this request and shut it down also. The computer simulation was, as expected, inconclusive and all astronauts on board the shuttle perished upon reentry as i