This blog has been quiet for some time now. Been busy. That’s my excuse and I’m stick’n with it. On rare occasions I stumble across brilliant insightful gonzo writing that blows the frost right off the political pumpkin and compels a repost. So buckle in and have yourself a nice ride compliments of Evert Cilliers of [...]
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“I think that this, at moderate scale, is what is going in the AGW debate. When one side finds the other denying the “obvious” relevance of some fact, the principle of charity breaks down. Either the other guy doesn’t know what he’s saying, or he’s too much a fool to be worth talking to. Which is a reasonable position, provided we note that what will seem obvious, or indeed “reasonable”, will depend upon one’s background theory and different background theories will lead to contrary conclusions about who is and who is not a fool. Thus the unalloyed mutual acrimony of the AGW debate.”
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Ask the political scientists and you will be told that there is damning, hard evidence pointing incontrovertibly to the conclusion that millions are embarrassingly ill-informed and that they do not care that they are. There is enough evidence that one could almost conclude — though admittedly this is a stretch — that we are living in an Age of Ignorance.
Juan Enriquez has some practical advice for the new administration and for all of us. We can indeed crawl our way out of the economic hole we’ve dug for ourselves. Provided we throw away the shovel and change our ways. Good luck to all of us!
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With 19 days left to election day I’ve become obsessed with watching the cable news channels. It’s sucking up all my bandwidth. Yes, I know – nobody is holding a gun to my head and saying “watch this or else”. But what with the economic meltdown, gyrating market, and final campaign stretch, it’s like watching [...]
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