Re: Trump news conference
Posted: January 26th, 2017, 1:32 am
>>>>>Yes, but its all about emotion.<<<<<
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Indeed it is
<<<<<So the politician chooses some policy that fits with his/her prejudices and this upsets a lot of scientists. Scientists early in their careers might complain, but their senior folk will distance themselves because they all fear funding cuts.
The policy is implemented. If it works and voters seem to like it all is well, if it fails and voters hate it the politician changes it.
Scientists get very vexed by all of this. They hate the idea of emotion over-riding their careful logic, but they get used to their feelings and although bitter carry on as they have been trained because they believe it is the right thing. They get to believing that politicians are not that clever because they quickly change their minds and have no underlying laws to work to and this breeds a feeling of superiority in the scientist and some even get to believing that they could do a better job than the politician. Most of the ones who try find the emotion driven world outside of science far more complicated and difficult than anything they have ever dealt with and generally make a mess.<<<<<
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Absolutely right it is the liberal cash streams or the fear of loosing them that often go a long way to influencing much policy of whatever shape that rightly or wrongly help determine our position.
Bearing in mind human institutions do not or will not ever stand up to the rigours of scientific analysis or dictat its not surprising that minds are continually changing and when the cash streams dry up there will no doubt be much more mind changing amongst the scientists or whoever is lucky enough to be in receipt of such influences.
I am afraid where emotion is concerned much logic will always be tossed out of the window that is probably because we are human and humans are largely driven by animal spirits which are not entirely driven by the strict principals of validity.
Not a comfortably thought but one does not have to look far to see examples of reckless, bordering on corrupt behaviour in almost any sphere of modern day life.
Trump wont change he world but he is likely in my view to shake it up a bit and point towards a new reality.
Regards
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Indeed it is
<<<<<So the politician chooses some policy that fits with his/her prejudices and this upsets a lot of scientists. Scientists early in their careers might complain, but their senior folk will distance themselves because they all fear funding cuts.
The policy is implemented. If it works and voters seem to like it all is well, if it fails and voters hate it the politician changes it.
Scientists get very vexed by all of this. They hate the idea of emotion over-riding their careful logic, but they get used to their feelings and although bitter carry on as they have been trained because they believe it is the right thing. They get to believing that politicians are not that clever because they quickly change their minds and have no underlying laws to work to and this breeds a feeling of superiority in the scientist and some even get to believing that they could do a better job than the politician. Most of the ones who try find the emotion driven world outside of science far more complicated and difficult than anything they have ever dealt with and generally make a mess.<<<<<
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Absolutely right it is the liberal cash streams or the fear of loosing them that often go a long way to influencing much policy of whatever shape that rightly or wrongly help determine our position.
Bearing in mind human institutions do not or will not ever stand up to the rigours of scientific analysis or dictat its not surprising that minds are continually changing and when the cash streams dry up there will no doubt be much more mind changing amongst the scientists or whoever is lucky enough to be in receipt of such influences.
I am afraid where emotion is concerned much logic will always be tossed out of the window that is probably because we are human and humans are largely driven by animal spirits which are not entirely driven by the strict principals of validity.
Not a comfortably thought but one does not have to look far to see examples of reckless, bordering on corrupt behaviour in almost any sphere of modern day life.
Trump wont change he world but he is likely in my view to shake it up a bit and point towards a new reality.
Regards