tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post1683051046622241990..comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Comments on Dubious Prospects: Avoid engaging with rationalizationsGraydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-56830769969857597382020-11-01T15:30:44.130-05:002020-11-01T15:30:44.130-05:00I kind of disagree because I don't think there...I kind of disagree because I don't think there's any "unless it's 80% likely to kill more than 0.3%" type analysis, but agree with your underlying point that the kiwi government relied on fact-based analysis and lots of scientific input (granting for the moment that even economists can use scientific approaches at times).<br /><br />I think there's a clear causal Moznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-89053028952354539822020-11-01T11:15:24.545-05:002020-11-01T11:15:24.545-05:00+Moz
Permit me to find it interesting that you'...+Moz<br />Permit me to find it interesting that you're describing a response with quantified thresholds in it.<br /><br />That matters; how you feel about it doesn't. Lots of folks out there who can't cope with the notion that how they feel about things is irrelevant.<br /><br />(The net effect of the media malignancy has been to give huge swathes of the population the attitudes of Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-89354601250538890582020-10-31T22:21:07.224-04:002020-10-31T22:21:07.224-04:00New Zealand has a long history of foreign contagio...New Zealand has a long history of foreign contagion, from introduced pest species to the <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30053-0/fulltext" rel="nofollow">recent measles epidemic in Samoa</a>. We have a never-ending background noise of "what nasty bug came here today", as attested by many visitors who are shocked at the approach customs take atMoznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-26875461790012912862020-10-31T13:30:19.391-04:002020-10-31T13:30:19.391-04:00+AnnaH
Sorry for the difficulty! I do what I can...+AnnaH<br /><br />Sorry for the difficulty! I do what I can with the neurons I've got, but this is sometimes not so much.<br /><br />Mammonism is functionally the state religion of the American hegemon; it leads to the idea that the only possibility of personal security is to be rich. (which in turn means that anything you do to become rich is excusable as necessary.) That has now become Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-14657181792179076482020-10-31T04:24:44.965-04:002020-10-31T04:24:44.965-04:00I find your writings interesting but difficult to ...I find your writings interesting but difficult to understand. Is there anywhere (any country) in the world where the fact-based system is the rule? When I think about different countries I cannot identify any. It seems to me that most countries (societies) are mammonite but have parts where facts are seen as important.AnnaHnoreply@blogger.com