tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post7061418199662671241..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: The Economy Is Already OpenK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-61005305375335827202020-04-27T18:59:08.298-07:002020-04-27T18:59:08.298-07:00I see the basic differences as those on the left a...I see the basic differences as those on the left always talk about what's "right" and "fair" (which actually mean what makes them feel good), while the right tends to talk about "right" and "fair" (actually meaning that which is true and logical). That, to me, means the basic difference is that those on the left think more with their emotions (the primitive brain and endocrine system) and those on the right use more of their logic (the frontal lobes).<br /><br />It is tempting to draw parallels between what Kahneman calls the Type 1 and the Type 2 thought processes (see "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman). In his opinion, based on much study, Type 1 thinking is fast, intuitive, unconscious thought and is easy but very susceptible to bias, while type 2 is slow and requires conscious effort but is much more resistant to cognitive biases (although certainly not free/immune from them).Ohioan@Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650494620853971183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-13483710433646266172020-04-27T07:12:45.779-07:002020-04-27T07:12:45.779-07:00I was talking about the narrative according to whi...I was talking about the narrative according to which conservatives are hide-bound, fearful, afraid of change/novelty, naturally gravitating to someone who will control us and promise us safety, etc, and "progressives" have "good" characteristics the opposite of all of our "bad" characteristics.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-54473986960520695862020-04-27T05:41:04.389-07:002020-04-27T05:41:04.389-07:00"Reading Twitter reply and blog comment threa...<b><i>"Reading Twitter reply and blog comment threads, it's an interesting comparison between left and right. The left wants guarantees and the right wants freedom."</i></b><br /><br />That rather blows up one of their favorite narratives about themselves and about us.<br /><br />They're not using "freedom" the way that we do. <br /><br />They use "freedom" to mean freedom from consequences, freedom to do what they want; we use freedom to mean freedom from artificial restrictions, free to choose our own way. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-50978814930855700612020-04-27T05:37:14.587-07:002020-04-27T05:37:14.587-07:00Right wing extremists argue in favor of letting pe...<i>Right wing extremists argue in favor of letting people make their own risk calculations. Left wing commies don't want others to increase their chances of getting the Chicom Flu. </i><br /><br />I have had so many annoying conversations that boil down to:<br />"Give people good information, they know more about their situations and can make the best informed decisions."<br />"But look at that beach, people make the WRONG choices!"<br /><br />Which quickly devolved into the virus having the characteristics of: <br />striking down the young and old like crazy, <br />spreading insanely quickly while you can't see it, <br />and yet also people having it and never knowing they had it that never got to the point of admitting that at least half of folks never got a symptom, much less got sick. <br /><br />Suggestions of protecting the <i>vulnerable</i>-- you know, like my family has been doing since youngest daughter was born with a collapsed lung-- somehow always generated irrelevant comments about buying a tour of Italy or not using modern health care because I don't believe in viruses. (????)Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-52712755652196792922020-04-27T05:35:08.766-07:002020-04-27T05:35:08.766-07:00Saturday, it was time to get the crab-grass preven...Saturday, it was time to get the crab-grass preventor. Anytime I've gone past the Menards (Wisconsin Home Depot), has been packed with cars. And reports are they are a madhouse. I decided that I didn't want to face that. Thinking that going late in the evening just before closing might be the thing. <br /><br />But I didn't plan ahead. It was 11:30 on Saturday, and the decision for the day was made. So I went to a local ACE Hardware chain. I think it was worse. They had rows blocked pretty much funneling people all together. <br /><br />If more "non-essential" stores were open, people would being going to different places, making it easier to not crowd together. Mostly Nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511731036581746798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-60019398896211761702020-04-26T09:14:20.446-07:002020-04-26T09:14:20.446-07:00"Reading Twitter reply and blog comment threa..."<i>Reading Twitter reply and blog comment threads, it's an interesting comparison between left and right. The left wants guarantees and the right wants freedom.</i>"<br /><br />That rather blows up one of their favorite narratives about themselves and about us.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com