I find it interesting that all of his examples had a certain political slant. He would have made a much stronger case criticizing the right as well as the left. And as we've seen the right is at least as wingnuttery if not more that the minuscule left.
Consider some of the brilliance of Mo Brooks http://www.skepticalscience.com/skepticquotes.php?s=71), Ralph Hall http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/02/followup-rep-ralph-halls-unbelievable-statement-on-science-funding-bill/#.UsW9N_TK2VE and Dana Rohrabacher http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/dana-rohrabacher-r-ca-on-climate-change-makes-wrong-even-wronger/#.UsW9OPTK2VE ). On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will say this. Jon Schindler seems like a major flaming asshole, and is a > good example of part of the reason regular people hate "experts". > > Like computer scientists, too many people who have pigeonholed themselves > away from people enough to become world-class experts often lack basic > social skills in human interaction. > > Great read, though, thanks for the pointer. > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 5:44 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I actually had a strong dose of irony intended when I wrote that. > > > > Without the attendant responsibility out of control. > > > > Some people should be embarrassed to open their mouth. > > On Jan 5, 2014 5:41 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > "So many subjects people feel they "have the right" to spout off on > with > > > little or no knowledge or practical experience." > > > > > > Well, technically, they DO have the right to spout off. > > > On any topic, at any time, with as little knowledge or correct facts > that > > > they want. > > > It's that whole "constitution" thing again. > > > > > > =0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:07 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > "It is *exhausting*, electronically or in 3-D, to have to start from > > the > > > > very beginning of every political argument and establish the merest > > > > baseline of knowledge, and then constantly to have to negotiate the > > rules > > > > of logical argument." > > > > > > > > The lack of knowledge of the founding of our country and > > > > the evolution through history that it took to get here that I > encounter > > > > daily is awe inspiring. So many subjects people feel they "have the > > > right" > > > > to spout off on with little or no knowledge or practical experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I really enjoyed this blog entry. I'd list the parts I like, but > then > > > I'd > > > > > be quoting the entire article. > > > > > > > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/khz8gjz <http://tinyurl.com/khz8gjz>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Bruce* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
