Comments on Gordon's Notes: Reason – it’s more than IQ

I'd put my money down that five years from now...

2009-12-09T23:31:15.601-06:00

I'd put my money down that five years from now the science will stand, and the denialists will be judged irrational.

I wish we had a climate futures market I could invest in. You could too of course, and one of us would earn a profit.

"From Bush to Rumsfeld to Climate change deni...

2009-12-09T14:15:00.390-06:00

"From Bush to Rumsfeld to Climate change deniers we’ve seen some fairly smart to brilliant people stuck in dysrational modes."

I think, especially in light of recent events involving twisted data, that those "climate change deniers" have been shown to be critical thinkers who can evaluate circumstances along a lengthy timeline and arrive at a rational conclusion.

I read author's book this summer. I've for...

2009-11-11T00:31:34.300-06:00

I read author's book this summer. I've forgotten a lot of it already (I think I was more excited about the book before I read it than after). My take-away from it is that people are only smart when they know they're suppose to be smart. Otherwise they coast. I vaguely remember there were some funny experiments that show this. Unless the test is telling people they're taking a test

Mandatory childhood screening and treatment for dy...

2009-11-11T00:26:03.887-06:00

Mandatory childhood screening and treatment for dysrational mental dysfunction, authoritarian personality types, and full-up psychopathy would make a remarkably positive contribution to the welfare of humanity. As soon as these diseases can be reliably identified it's ethically imperative to make sure afflicted persons can't get into positions of authority where they can harm others.