Comments on: About Trust http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/ ...behavior to the left of the repertoire Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:23:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lottie http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-172 Lottie Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:11:37 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-172 And yet another gem. Bravo! And yet another gem.

Bravo!

]]> By: axisofreason http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-153 axisofreason Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:57:26 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-153 Hippieprof, Thanks for your comment on Axis of Reason and for this post. We agree completely. In an increasingly complex world, we have become less sophisticated consumers of news and information. We allow talk radio, cable news, churches and partisan blogs to analyze issues for us. We accept short cuts when we should question. Unfortunately, as I posted last week, these news infotainers are wholly unqualified to discuss many issues in any substance. http://axisofreason.com/2009/09/02/cnbc%e2%80%99s-bartiromo-cable-news%e2%80%99-creeps-into-ignorance/ The net result is that the quality of debate devolves into what you have aptly described debates about motives rather than ideas. I think we probably agree on more than you think. Thank you again for pointing out your blog. Sincerely, Axis of Reason Hippieprof,

Thanks for your comment on Axis of Reason and for this post. We agree completely. In an increasingly complex world, we have become less sophisticated consumers of news and information. We allow talk radio, cable news, churches and partisan blogs to analyze issues for us. We accept short cuts when we should question. Unfortunately, as I posted last week, these news infotainers are wholly unqualified to discuss many issues in any substance.

http://axisofreason.com/2009/09/02/cnbc%e2%80%99s-bartiromo-cable-news%e2%80%99-creeps-into-ignorance/

The net result is that the quality of debate devolves into what you have aptly described debates about motives rather than ideas.

I think we probably agree on more than you think.

Thank you again for pointing out your blog.

Sincerely,
Axis of Reason

]]> By: hippieprof http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-151 hippieprof Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:53:41 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-151 Reminds me of a great old book called "How to lie with statistics" - more a primer of how not to be taken in. Published in 1954 but still every bit as relevant today.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics Reminds me of a great old book called “How to lie with statistics” – more a primer of how not to be taken in. Published in 1954 but still every bit as relevant today….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics

]]> By: Nodot http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-149 Nodot Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:18:22 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-149 The 'facts' found on most 'news' programs I find remind me of the old saying; "Statistics never lie but, Liars use statistics" The ‘facts’ found on most ‘news’ programs I find remind me of the old saying;

“Statistics never lie but,
Liars use statistics”

]]> By: hippieprof http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-126 hippieprof Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:22:03 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-126 Sleepyeagle - sadly I think you hit the nail on the head. I agree - we have lost our ability to separate fact from propaganda... Sleepyeagle – sadly I think you hit the nail on the head. I agree – we have lost our ability to separate fact from propaganda…

]]> By: sleepyeagle http://hippieprofessor.com/2009/09/06/about-trust/#comment-125 sleepyeagle Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:42:52 +0000 http://hippieprofessor.com/?p=218#comment-125 Democracy rests on the principle that citizens can obtain accurate information and make informed decisions, which is a fuckin myth these days. All we have to go on is propaganda from both ends, unless you spend the time to did deeper--something many people just can't do. It's the fault of many, we are all to blame for letting it get this far. Democracy rests on the principle that citizens can obtain accurate information and make informed decisions, which is a fuckin myth these days. All we have to go on is propaganda from both ends, unless you spend the time to did deeper–something many people just can’t do.

It’s the fault of many, we are all to blame for letting it get this far.

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