1) The Left seems to want to excommunicate everyone - which is causing many of the excommunicated to look for a new political home. That does not, somehow, strike me as a winning political formula, but what do I know?
2) Consensus is good for maintaining political power - it is lousy at solving scientific problems. …
1) The Left seems to want to excommunicate everyone - which is causing many of the excommunicated to look for a new political home. That does not, somehow, strike me as a winning political formula, but what do I know?
2) Consensus is good for maintaining political power - it is lousy at solving scientific problems. No major scientific advancement ever came out of the 98 percent of experts who all agree with one another. It's almost always the outlier who solves the tough problems: Einstein, Curie, Salk, Hawking, etc., all propelled major advancements in our understanding of the universe, medicine, etc., precisely because they defied conventional wisdom. This late fixation on not defying "consensus" is a recipe for stagnation.
Thank you! Seriously, 1) if you are going to be trying to win elections -- how stupid do you have to be to keep eating your own? It boggles the mind. They don't want voters. 2) Chilling. Also terrifying to me was politics mixed with a pandemic. Seems like we would have wanted to work together, as we would during war time. But the opposite happened. I wonder if we will ever have people brave enough to tell that story.
Brilliant!
Two thoughts:
1) The Left seems to want to excommunicate everyone - which is causing many of the excommunicated to look for a new political home. That does not, somehow, strike me as a winning political formula, but what do I know?
2) Consensus is good for maintaining political power - it is lousy at solving scientific problems. No major scientific advancement ever came out of the 98 percent of experts who all agree with one another. It's almost always the outlier who solves the tough problems: Einstein, Curie, Salk, Hawking, etc., all propelled major advancements in our understanding of the universe, medicine, etc., precisely because they defied conventional wisdom. This late fixation on not defying "consensus" is a recipe for stagnation.
Thank you! Seriously, 1) if you are going to be trying to win elections -- how stupid do you have to be to keep eating your own? It boggles the mind. They don't want voters. 2) Chilling. Also terrifying to me was politics mixed with a pandemic. Seems like we would have wanted to work together, as we would during war time. But the opposite happened. I wonder if we will ever have people brave enough to tell that story.
Politics + Science = The new religion. Science is a tool - "believing" in science is like "believing" in your garden shears or toothbrush ...