tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287908908466755122.post5142249298068390700..comments2023-12-08T07:02:03.603-08:00Comments on Saving the World: views of the election from analytical to humorousDr. PaulJohnWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10549396970301158882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287908908466755122.post-70703645323327348562018-07-07T00:20:23.029-07:002018-07-07T00:20:23.029-07:00You'd do well to read the Ronson book, but you...You'd do well to read the Ronson book, but you'd do far better to re-read Stanley Milgram's "Obedience to Authority." As I read your blog I'm continuously astounded that someone who has read "Atlas Shrugged" (far from being the best novel about rebellion against the state, but at least it's "philosophically correct") can refer to people like Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, and Arlen Specter as if they were anything other than monstrous, parasitic sociopaths. Specter was no "Ron Paul," nor even close to Justin Amash, Thomas Massie, or Rand Paul. <br /><br />I respect that you seem to understand something of Jeffersonian individualism (which would better be called Kosciusko's individualism, since Kosciusko confronted Jefferson about his "Declaration of Independence" being at odds with slavery.)<br /><br />What was once called "liberal" is today improperly called "classical liberal" or "libertarian." Any view that tolerates the current status quo can more easily be called "totalitarian." You seem to have a shred of Americanism in you, but you're taken in by the circus of science illiterate "climate change hysteria" coercion-peddlers who demand that we all pay billions of dollars subsidizing their research priority as if their interpretation of the facts was the only legitimate one.<br /><br />Lomborg destroys their reasoning, as does Dyson, but you're hearing none of it. Moreover, the market's focus on your own research area(AGI) is vastly wiser than one dime being spent "battling minor variations in the atmosphere's chemical content." (And, success in AGI could easily fix BOTH the atmosphere or an impending meteor strike, in addition to be being absolutely required for defensive stability/equilibrium.)<br /><br />...And none of the prior comments even begin to scratch the surface of what it would actually take to reinstate our lost legacy of individual freedom. It's too bad there's no room here. (Comments are capped at 4K characters)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240403160428712409noreply@blogger.com