[extropy-chat] Bush wants another $75 billion for wars

[Brian Lee]

What I find comical is that there is probably some anti-samantha out there 
who holds pretty strong feelings for Bush. They are probably posting to 
their preferred listserv with comments like "How can anyone not vote for 
Bush..."

We all have our opinions and we all like to think that we are more informed 
and better at decision making that the great unwashed masses, but we'll 
never truly know if we are as right as we think we are.

Comments like "I am out of belief that anyone has any good reason to keep 
this
monstrously incompetent moron in office." merely show someone's lack of 
belief/understanding/intelligence/empathy rather than showing how stupid 
everyone else is. If only you studied the responses closer you could 
understand that some people don't find Bush monstrouly incompetent.

And please don't jump on my political beliefs, I'm not voting for Bush. I 
just try to see how some people feel very strongly for views other than 
those I support.

BAL

>From: Samantha Atkins <samantha at objectent.com>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Bush wants another $75 billion for wars
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:10:34 -0700
>
>
>On Oct 27, 2004, at 9:46 AM, Hal Finney wrote:
>
>>Samantha Atkins writes:
>>>I am out of belief that anyone has any good reason to keep this
>>>monstrously incompetent moron in office.
>>
>>So how do you explain to yourself why about 50% of Americans do want
>>to keep Bush in office?  Do you think they are all wicked people?
>>
>
>No, I think they are mostly good people who have been successfully 
>misinformed.   This has happened many many times in history.
>
>>How seriously do you consider the possibility that they might be right
>>and you wrong?  Is that completely out of the question for you?
>>
>
>As I have worked pretty hard to understand what is going on, harder than 
>most, I have very little doubt as to what is going on.  It casts a very 
>very bad light on Bush.  So I discount that possibility almost totally.
>
>But why hide behind the coattails of the masses?  If you have good 
>arguments for Bush then lets hear them.  Tis the season.
>
>>I am interested in understanding how people cling so hard to beliefs in
>>the face of evidence of widespread disagreement, which would suggest
>>that in fact the issues (in this case, which candidate would make a
>>better president) are quite uncertain.
>>
>
>Simple.  They think and draw conclusions.   You must do the same.  How many 
>agree or disagree is relevant for winning a popular but not relevant for 
>your understanding and judgment.    Also, this little aside misses most of 
>the real content of the piece quoted.  I find that interesting.
>
>- s
>
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