Monday, November 10, 2008

Rationalistic Politics: A Dangerous Pipe Dream

Miklos Hollender's comment on a Dr. Helen article is the quote of the day:

Jim M,

You need a coherent rational philosophy.

No. That’s the whole point: currently we have so little scientific knowledge about the human mind and human society that any kind of rationalistic politics is a dangerous pipe dream, because we pretend to know stuff we do not know. This is why we have to rely on common sense, tradition etc. - generally, pattern recognition, as opposed to theoretization.

What he said.

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