| On The Public Discourse |
Oct. 2nd, 2016|12:01 pm |
The trouble of all serious social troubles is that they do not allow for a prolix bloated discussion that normal people value so much. "Muslims want us dead." "Hitlary committed a high treason and avoided the charges." "Douche bank is a fraud." "Credit cards are not secure." "2+2==4" -- there is no room for a discussion!!! Here are some prooflinks, case closed, the public bored and ignores the issue in question.
On the other hand, the lack of evidence, the absence of solid research method, the absurdity of the subject -- open the gates for creativity and rhetoric and demagogy and entertainment of all sorts. One may write volumes on "yeti", "ufo", "multiculty", "oppression, "patriarchy", and talking to the dead. And I assure you those volumes will sell magnificently -- people love talking much more than thinking. |
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