tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post4148097410471228253..comments2024-03-18T03:27:18.777-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: The Rhetoric of RejectionEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19292063421167840792011-04-12T09:05:02.236-04:002011-04-12T09:05:02.236-04:00The Hirschman book has a chapter on how not to arg...The Hirschman book has a chapter on how not to argue in a democracy. Unfortunately, that chapter is not shown in books.google.com; nor is the book available in my local public library. Anything useful in that chapter?Arunhttp://arunsmusings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-20969597813118285562011-04-11T22:51:58.253-04:002011-04-11T22:51:58.253-04:00Practitioners of the above include Scalia, saying ...Practitioners of the above include Scalia, saying the solution to a collective action problem is to stop people from doing anything about it...<br /><br />http://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/12/solution-to-collective-action-problem.html<br /><br />And Tim Blair, for the same:<br /><br />http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/12/not_getting_it.php<br /><br />I think the Breakthrough types go on about how energy efficiency encourages waste, but don't have a link.Brian Schmidthttp://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-46971084626915256472011-04-11T06:37:42.484-04:002011-04-11T06:37:42.484-04:00Donald Oats: "Unintended consequences".
...Donald Oats: "Unintended consequences".<br />A concise description of how human activities affect the climate!<br />Oh, the irony.Lars Karlssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158469980966810882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-328491636129329362011-04-11T04:41:21.179-04:002011-04-11T04:41:21.179-04:00All three of perversity, futility, and jeopardy ar...All three of perversity, futility, and jeopardy are covered by the neoconservative's cliche: "unintended consequences". How often those of us down-under, in Australia, have heard the native neocon's mating cry of "unintended consequences". In South Australia they are a spectacular sight, perched upon years' old wind-turbines, squawking "unintended consequences" to all and sundry, passers-by, whilst attempting to remain perfectly still lest they disturb the wind beneath their feet...<br /><br />Donald OatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-16304978645731180582011-04-10T22:39:33.374-04:002011-04-10T22:39:33.374-04:00It is all a big game to the modern conservative. I...It is all a big game to the modern conservative. It is not about being right or wrong, but about winning. And they are winning.<br /><br />Pity; in the end humanity will be the looser.<br /><br />Little MouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-71625623199641699992011-04-10T21:55:00.549-04:002011-04-10T21:55:00.549-04:00Until scientists grasp that the verbal martial art...Until scientists grasp that the verbal martial artists creating false propaganda are manipulating the means of science itself to deceive, they will continue to believe that truth will prevail. They are using the honesty of science as a weakness; lies are much easier, because they require no hard work, only a fundamentally rotten core. You need a different lever to pry the lies loose from the truth they mirror. Substance is hard; imitation is easy.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829151452002682271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-39385100299353084932011-04-10T19:58:51.296-04:002011-04-10T19:58:51.296-04:00This is why it's puzzling when conservatives w...This is why it's puzzling when conservatives wring their hands and complain about scientists/universities having a "progressive" bias. Of course science has a progressive bias; the very definition of conservatism puts it at odds with the scientific method!<br /><br />Yet, at the same time, scientific institutions are very conservative (definitionally, not politically). Thus we have the paradox of individual scientists being progressive, while scientific institutions are conservative.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763511375953757332noreply@blogger.com