tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post1516885180483115056..comments2024-03-28T01:17:42.336-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A GEDANKENEXPERIMENTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-71213693716082898472012-09-17T22:55:03.180-04:002012-09-17T22:55:03.180-04:00Occam would say that 100 million idiots (the most ...Occam would say that 100 million idiots (the most parsimonious explanation) is the most likely one. But we can comfort ourselves by constructing more elaborate scenarios. Who would dare venture into traffic if she/he really believed that idiocy is so rampant?levinebarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436714033924525689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-84542266566465759492012-09-14T06:44:03.005-04:002012-09-14T06:44:03.005-04:00John, that is a nice post, a simpler version of my...John, that is a nice post, a simpler version of my rather convoluted explanation. Thanks for the comment.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-81668462216990206842012-09-14T01:00:18.798-04:002012-09-14T01:00:18.798-04:00Just the other day I saw this phenomenon referred ...Just the other day I saw this phenomenon referred to as "pollster nullification," in the context of some 10% of likely voters claiming to believe that Romney had more to do with Bin Laden's killing than Obama did. A clever coinage, I think.<br /><br />http://studentactivism.net/2012/09/11/romney-bin-lade/Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962912075852689577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-40880373595777239512012-09-13T15:40:52.833-04:002012-09-13T15:40:52.833-04:00I suspect that class does play a role in the respo...I suspect that class does play a role in the responses, however, it is also true that most of the people that say that they believe in creationism vote for the GOP and against their own class interests (sure enough Dems have been less defensive of labor interests than they should). In that case there is still a very puzzling question about the rationality of the creationist crowd.Matias Vernengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521604894748538215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-1189462403250882202012-09-13T15:24:08.324-04:002012-09-13T15:24:08.324-04:00This is only tangentially related but this song is...This is only tangentially related but this song is such a great satire of the mixing up of natural history and religion (and it is also one of my 4 year olds favorite songs). For those of you not interested enough in listening it posits that dinosaurs went extinct because they wanted to celebrate Christmas everyday!<br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/weehairybeasties/music/songs/dinosaur-christmas-33635253Jim Westrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523640492416820740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-36298023215122758612012-09-13T13:44:06.465-04:002012-09-13T13:44:06.465-04:00This one seems apt:
http://images.ucomics.com/com...This one seems apt:<br /><br />http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2006/db060702.gifAldo Antonellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072779969049541485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-41287789609245976252012-09-13T13:16:08.650-04:002012-09-13T13:16:08.650-04:00I suspect that Socialism would poll at less than 4...I suspect that Socialism would poll at less than 46% favorability, for reasons to which honorability is less easy to attribute. So, a very much larger project, indeed. Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-9760378193207680222012-09-13T11:22:28.726-04:002012-09-13T11:22:28.726-04:00Bumper sticker spotted this morning: "Evoluti...Bumper sticker spotted this morning: "Evolution is Science Fiction".<br /><br />Does this case fit with your idea?Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352604426264031302noreply@blogger.com