The problem is...
Click here: Age of the Empirical by John O. McGinnis - Policy Review 137
Yes, facts and data are more persuasive than mere opinions.
Sen. Danilel P. Moynihan noted in the deliberations for Social Security Reform that "We are all entitled to our own opinions. We are not entitled to our own facts."
Yes... but
These days "social scientists" (oxymoron! oxymoron!) pour out of our univerities. They can make their "regression analyses" proove most anything they want them to prove --- and do so. That happens, I think, more on the Left than on the Right. In any event the practice is pervasive.
My solution: When in doubt, try common sense.
If someone says "Pluto is not a planet" why, he is obviously wrong.
Oops! Bad example.
Try: "The world is flat." And look at the pictures from our sattelites.
Ben
Yes, facts and data are more persuasive than mere opinions.
Sen. Danilel P. Moynihan noted in the deliberations for Social Security Reform that "We are all entitled to our own opinions. We are not entitled to our own facts."
Yes... but
These days "social scientists" (oxymoron! oxymoron!) pour out of our univerities. They can make their "regression analyses" proove most anything they want them to prove --- and do so. That happens, I think, more on the Left than on the Right. In any event the practice is pervasive.
My solution: When in doubt, try common sense.
If someone says "Pluto is not a planet" why, he is obviously wrong.
Oops! Bad example.
Try: "The world is flat." And look at the pictures from our sattelites.
Ben
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