tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post429471968096587553..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The stupidity dilemmaA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-15300016299837337292011-12-30T18:03:09.568+00:002011-12-30T18:03:09.568+00:00JH, I think AKH covered that.
On stuff like The ...JH, I think AKH covered that. <br /><br />On stuff like The Ten Commandments, there is the moral override and this is the sort of millennia old and near-universal example of things which can't be merrily derided as 'consensus',Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-62502688609451167272011-12-30T13:30:56.260+00:002011-12-30T13:30:56.260+00:00MW - yes it's a good life tactic.
JH - my tak...MW - yes it's a good life tactic.<br /><br />JH - my take on logic is very broad. If a wise saying works for you, then it would be logical to take note - that kind of thing.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4408139410934620262011-12-30T13:05:43.687+00:002011-12-30T13:05:43.687+00:00So outside of logic and morals, the lesson is to d...So outside of logic and morals, the lesson is to disagree with the consensus.<br /><br />Outside of logic ... y-e-e-e-s-s-s.<br /><br />Old's wives tales had much currency because there was an element of truth to them, not relativistic truth but truth truth.<br /><br />For example, red sky in the morning is a wise saying if you're a sailor. It's wrong to murder or steal from your neighbour is another good consensus.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-8725753687699360112011-12-30T11:37:48.277+00:002011-12-30T11:37:48.277+00:00"the lesson is to disagree with the consensus..."the lesson is to disagree with the consensus"<br /><br />Correct. I've always done that. If the consensus is right and I'm wrong, well nothing lost, and if the consensus is wrong and by fluke I am right (a stopped clock, and all that), then there is the small possibility that the consensus will change.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com