[ExI] Libertarian think tank

[William Flynn Wallace]

And if they believe in even 5% of what Trump says or believe in "alternate
facts" then they don't believe in the Scientific Method, and for me that
outranks even libertarian philosophy; the only thing that outranks that is
direct experience.

John K Clark

(Direct experience can be very misleading, John - you don't want to
generalize from a sample of one)

Just where in school at any level did you learn decision-making?  Hah.  I
taught it to every 101 class in a way, when I taught alternatives to
empiricism.  Most people have no idea what that word means, including
college graduates in my family.  This is a national educational shame.

How do people decide to get married?  Which car?  Insurance? Rent or own?

Darwin did it in part, re getting married.  Ben Franklin wrote a letter to
a friend explaining his method, which is described below:

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-make-a-decision-like-ben-franklin/

Simple (if you can multiply) - effective.

bill w

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 11:04 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:08 PM Dan TheBookMan <danust2012 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> *> A good litmus test these days is asking any self-identified
>> libertarian if they’re for open borders.*
>>
>
> Or if there're for Free Trade. The trouble is the number of people that
> you or I would consider libertarian are vastly outnumbered by the number of
> people who call themselves libertarian, as a result the word has lost its
> meaning. And the Libertarian Party certainly hasn't helped, it utterly
> disgraced itself in 2016.
>
>
>> * > If they’re not, then they’re not a libertarian. *
>>
>
> And if they believe in even 5% of what Trump says or believe in "alternate
> facts" then they don't believe in the Scientific Method, and for me that
> outranks even libertarian philosophy; the only thing that outranks that is
> direct experience.
>
> John K Clark
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
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