Comments on: Waste of Time http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/waste-of-time/ Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason. --Sir John Harrington Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dave http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/waste-of-time/#comment-1691 Dave Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:18:37 +0000 http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1691 No, it doesn't really have to do with one's perspective. If you are concerned about "Wedge" people, then you are concerned about holding together your political coalition and marketing your platform to the ignorant. That is the way to self-ruin. A politically minded person of any stripe will be endlessly offended because the whole society is not perfectly in tune with their personal desires. This happens to anyone who places their trust in political solutions, whose self-esteem depends on their opinions being reflected back at them on every TV news show and on every blog they hang out on. When I hang out on science blogs, if someone doesn't stomp the Christians to a bloody pulp, they're considered a troll. But since my self-esteem isn't determined by whether I am surrounded by bleating sheep, it doesn't offend me. No, it doesn’t really have to do with one’s perspective. If you are concerned about “Wedge” people, then you are concerned about holding together your political coalition and marketing your platform to the ignorant. That is the way to self-ruin.

A politically minded person of any stripe will be endlessly offended because the whole society is not perfectly in tune with their personal desires. This happens to anyone who places their trust in political solutions, whose self-esteem depends on their opinions being reflected back at them on every TV news show and on every blog they hang out on.

When I hang out on science blogs, if someone doesn’t stomp the Christians to a bloody pulp, they’re considered a troll. But since my self-esteem isn’t determined by whether I am surrounded by bleating sheep, it doesn’t offend me.

]]> By: Ken http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/waste-of-time/#comment-1690 Ken Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:54:26 +0000 http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1690 Just show what a difference one's perspective makes. The fact is that it's not the "irrational godbags" who are under attack. It is the whiny Wedge people, the ID crowd and some Chrsitians who have been fooled by them who are attacking science Just show what a difference one’s perspective makes. The fact is that it’s not the “irrational godbags” who are under attack.

It is the whiny Wedge people, the ID crowd and some Chrsitians who have been fooled by them who are attacking science

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