Ernie, Thank you for the reply.
There's something I've been thinking about a lot lately (related to politically organizing), and I'll be posting an idea on it shortly. -Mike On Mar 16, 5:42 pm, "Dr. Ernie Prabhakar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Mar 10, 2011, at 5:42 AM, Mike Gonzalez wrote: > > > Isn't the commonality between liberalism and conservatism that both > > ideologies are closer to pure rationalism than a fusion of rationalism > > and empiricism? Our issue, as centrists, is that we demand more > > rigorous debate and testing of theories before they're implemented. > > I'd argue that we're pragmatists, the fusion of rationalism and > > empiricism, and that we favor government that is more aligned with the > > principles of the modern scientific method, where experiments must be > > explainable (rational) and repeatable (empirical). > > Very well said. > > > That would make the centrist disagreement with libs and cons > > fundamental and ideological, which means that we're not "centrists" on > > the political scale at all. We just get the name "centrists" because > > of our proclivity to picking the best ideas from either faction. We > > don't have to concentrate on centering ourselves either, as we can > > still believe in objective truth, which is revealed through rigorous > > thought and experimentation. > > Yes, that is why those of us on this list chose the term "radical centrists" > -- in that we're trying to get at the "objective root" of things via > empirical questions, rather than engaging in pure philosophy (or simple > triangulation). > > Welcome! Sorry we've been so quiet lately, but one of our main contributors > (Billy) has been sans computer. Barry, any update on that? > > -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
