[Vision2020] [link added] We, Intoleristas . . .

[Dan Carscallen]

Do you never get a second opinion when you go to the doc? All I can say is that on day-to-day stuff, probably not, but if its something huge and potentially life-altering, darn right I do, and there's a good chance I'm going to do some research of my own.

DC

On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:46, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Even in the case of medicine? Do you trust no one? Sorry but I don't believe you!
> 
> I'm not denying that a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing. Actually, I consider myself a bit of a skeptic about almost any topic. 
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> But when push comes to shove and a decision needs to be made and we're considering matters of science in order to set public policy, I don't see a better general rule than "Follow the overwhelming consensus." I don't see "Follow the guy who thinks about it in his spare time instead of the consensus opinion of the experts" as a very good GENERAL rule to follow, and neither do you. Or at least you shouldn't.
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> That is not dogmatism; it is common sense.
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> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Basoa <sbasoa at moscow.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
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>> >Then we come down to the issue of what I or anyone else should do when given the choice of (a) believing what the majority of experts say on >ANY topic or (b) believing what you say, given that you have no formal training, education, or expertise.
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>> I have always found that a healthy dose of skepticism is almost always warranted, no matter the subject.
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>> >The wise decision is (a). Even you will agree in most cases that this general way of thinking is correct.
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>> Why will Paul agree to this?  Because you say so?  There you go being dogmatic yet again...   ;-]
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>> -SB
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