tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post5498265445735273526..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: The Righteous MindDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-85507628845463298512012-05-15T07:22:12.008-05:002012-05-15T07:22:12.008-05:00"By the way, in this same vein, I might point..."By the way, in this same vein, I might point to Chris Money's comments on his book "The Republican Brain," which he almost called "The Science of Truthiness," which asks why very intelligent Republicans deny scientific realities such as evolution and climate change." -<br /><br />Just asking. What is a "scientific reality"? Something agreed by "scientists" as forming a "consensus view" held by the same "scientists"? For example, does a "consensus view" by "scientists" about the existence of God become a "scientific reality"? Implying that "scientific reality" is a report on the subjective attitudes of a professional group towards some part of the greater universe? As a conservative scientist I fail to see any objective evidence for the objective reality of "global warming"; and as a scientist I see "evolution" as nothing more than a working hypothesis that may one day be replaced by something better. A good line of further research would be to ask why liberals more so than conservatives are prone to treat science as a kind of religion whose practitioners should be worshiped. Could it be because ultimately Marx made a fetish of his own pseudo-scientific methods ("scientific materialism"), and liberals follow lock-step behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-35267836078350451772012-03-30T10:49:17.911-05:002012-03-30T10:49:17.911-05:00I don't think it's a matter of whether Dem...I don't think it's a matter of whether Democrats value loyalty or authority or sanctity, but that they don't SPEAK about those things, giving the impression that they don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-64652980651617418372012-03-29T20:44:14.198-05:002012-03-29T20:44:14.198-05:00Democrats don't value loyalty? Is Kristof kid...Democrats don't value loyalty? Is Kristof kidding? Or is a subtle dig at a distinction between "blind loyalty" and "thoughtful loyalty"? Most Democrats I know have robustly developed senses of loyalty ("I need to do this even though it does not accord with my primary values because I have a conflicting value of a past public identity to a group or a relationship to a person or group of persons.") If Democrats were less loyal, I suppose this implications would be: greater incidence of conscientious objection when going into war; greater incidence of "resistance" when non-Democrat is in power; more resistance and non-compliance to paying taxes, etc. I'm sure there are many others measures... the point being that I think reasonable people would say the incidences of adherence is larger for some things for some -left-right divides, smaller for others, so it's a wash.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476027293378732577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-2458459087660887262012-03-29T14:59:37.809-05:002012-03-29T14:59:37.809-05:00Thomas Friedman's recent op ed piece 'Elep...Thomas Friedman's recent op ed piece 'Elephants Down Under'<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/opinion/friedman-elephants-down-under.html?src=me&ref=general<br /><br />points out that there appears to be a fundamental difference between the stark conservative mindset seen in the USA vs other parts of the world.Synthetikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624580011664398532noreply@blogger.com