tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post8173478699169954175..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Gerard Alexander: "Liberals, You're Not As Smart As You Think You Are"Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-13956193354032588352018-05-17T22:30:46.199-04:002018-05-17T22:30:46.199-04:00I hope you're right Anon...but I fear you aren...I hope you're right Anon...but I fear you aren't. <br /><br />I see this nonsense IRL. And back in paleo-PC times, one defense of them was "oh, they aren't really very numerous or influential." <br /><br />We all laughed at the Antioch rules...then they became the law of the land at universities 20 years later...<br /><br />The PCs transformed universities for the worse. <brWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17295260542984093842018-05-17T15:57:41.894-04:002018-05-17T15:57:41.894-04:00Dear Philosoraptor --
I agree with your takes on ...Dear Philosoraptor --<br /><br />I agree with your takes on many things, but you spend too much time getting incensed by views that are held by very few who would call themselves liberals. These views are goofy indeed, but they are outliers. The internet gives them a platform that makes them seem more numerous than they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-89016668978629255282018-05-17T10:01:17.598-04:002018-05-17T10:01:17.598-04:00Naturally I am taking this quote out of context, b...Naturally I am taking this quote out of context, but I like it.<br /><br />“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-47702076132379983822018-05-17T09:56:48.888-04:002018-05-17T09:56:48.888-04:00Naturally I am taking this quote out of context, b...Naturally I am taking this quote out of context, but I like it.<br /><br />“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-31768653179076121032018-05-17T07:13:20.385-04:002018-05-17T07:13:20.385-04:00Agreed.
Many/most people and many/most groups fal...Agreed.<br /><br />Many/most people and many/most groups fall into it...but it seems to me to be almost the defining feature of contemporary progressivism. Perhaps it's a side-effect of dominating the cultural superstructure: almost everything you hear agrees with you.<br /><br />Trump's off the scale, obviously. Who knows what to say about that guy?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14878101572549573072018-05-17T06:57:55.390-04:002018-05-17T06:57:55.390-04:00Not as smart as you think you are seems like good...Not as smart as you think you are seems like good general advice, and not just for liberals. The Dunning Kruger effect is not specific to one political persuasion *cough Trump*Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.com