tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post6543220048835644866..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: The Harm that Intellectuals DoAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-57157103567651813662012-11-18T17:07:53.729-08:002012-11-18T17:07:53.729-08:00@Harry: I don't think I told Unknown he was co...@Harry: I don't think I told Unknown he was correct. I think I said Marxism was a failure and the facts prove it.<br /><br />However, if you think I was foolish, I will have to give that some serious thought. I have been known to be foolish.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-91622054966181413562012-11-18T16:17:15.296-08:002012-11-18T16:17:15.296-08:00@Unknown: One contrary fact can disprove a theory...@Unknown: One contrary fact can disprove a theory; no amount of theory can "disprove" a fact. Any sane person knows the difference between fact and theory; one is unarguable, the other always open to falsification or amendment. They are NOT the same, and a fact is never meaningless (!), quite the contrary. As a competent scientist, I disavow you as a fellow scientist, and Alan is quite foolish to say you are correct. Your words represent the worst in science now, a false relativism that will not even distinguish fact from theory. I bet you are one of the many who get cause and effect reversed, too, as climate scientists do.Harry Dale Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210275295826050501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-41227385793831665022012-11-16T08:28:31.762-08:002012-11-16T08:28:31.762-08:00@ Unknown 7:38PM
While you are right that facts an...@ Unknown 7:38PM<br />While you are right that facts and theories are integrated parts of thinking, the point you are missing is that from t Left they generate a theory and act upon it. When the results of that action (facts) are then tabulated and show the theory to be wrong, rather than re-evaluate the theory, the Left decides the problem wasn't in their theory, but that their actions were not enough to prove theory.<br />The politics/policies of the Left are based on intentions, not actual results. As long as their core intent is moral and correct (in their viewpoint), the actual results are irrelevent.<br />KellyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342332734935313737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-92003211810502508342012-11-16T06:02:32.097-08:002012-11-16T06:02:32.097-08:00Thank you, Ron.Thank you, Ron.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16401055406333502902012-11-16T06:01:45.900-08:002012-11-16T06:01:45.900-08:00@Unknown. You are correct. My view is that Marxism...@Unknown. You are correct. My view is that Marxism is an economic theory that facts demonstrate has failed everywhere it has been implemented.<br /><br />Global Warming was a meteorological theory that was totally debunked by the facts that it was based on false computer models and a natural cooling cycle has disproved it.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-54681776407369565442012-11-16T05:58:56.142-08:002012-11-16T05:58:56.142-08:00@Alan:
The late President Wilson (DEMOCRAT) is a ...@Alan:<br /><br />The late President Wilson (DEMOCRAT) is a perfect example of a psuedo (false) intellectual who were denounced by Ayn Rand as being a devotee of Plato's REPUBLIC of mysticism, racism and the tyranny of the self selected "Philosopher Kings."<br /><br />In contrast, you are the perfect example of the true intellectual who is firmly grounded in the philosophy of Aristotle and a person devoted to individual liberty reality, facts, logic and reason.Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69729355182229900592012-11-15T22:18:28.432-08:002012-11-15T22:18:28.432-08:00"That is unsustainable and the path to collap..."That is unsustainable and the path to collapse." - Yes that may be true, but it's a sure-fired way of ensuring you have continuous voters.<br /><br />I watched this video last last night. It explains Marxism and how they so believe in it that they will implement it at all costs - even though it's failed time and again. A lot of their strategies were seen during this election. And then people still ask why we think Obama is a Marxist/Socialist/Communist!<br /><br />http://youtu.be/EjaBpVzOohsLime Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062140213877618320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-1640245461538451402012-11-15T19:38:52.709-08:002012-11-15T19:38:52.709-08:00'That’s because I live in the real world and I...'That’s because I live in the real world and I am inordinately fond of facts over theories.'<br />As a scientist I know of no way to separate facts and theories. They are one and the same thing. You use facts to generate theories and to prove them and you use theories to explain the facts. <br />There is a reason why both inductive and deductive logic are necessary for human progress. But of course, liberals and conservatives can’t understand this; they can conceive of only one side of the logic coin. <br />Without facts, theories are arbitrary constructs; without theories, facts are meaningless.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-12118251718680753162012-11-15T15:45:13.282-08:002012-11-15T15:45:13.282-08:00Obama is leading us down the path of self destruct...Obama is leading us down the path of self destruction and the media supports him. It seems like only 48% of us get this. If space travel was an option I would consider moving to another planet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593994135554272869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-26373273808299942512012-11-15T15:12:36.664-08:002012-11-15T15:12:36.664-08:00Alan,
Good article. I read Goldberg's book &...Alan,<br /><br />Good article. I read Goldberg's book "Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change", from which I believe you quoted. I wish more read it. <br /><br />Rich K. Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.com