tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post568125471180306356..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: My Politicals Enemies are Idiots!Eric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-66773582898882983922009-11-27T19:36:16.691-06:002009-11-27T19:36:16.691-06:00Forget whether Palin is on the right or left. The...Forget whether Palin is on the right or left. The issue is how she frames her positions and the opponents. <br />Ronald Reagan presented his positions with a smile, a story, and an attitude that we both want the same thing ... but I'm looking at it a little different than you. And he carried the center. And worked with Tip O'neil to get stuff done. <br />Sarah Palin has derision and a sneer for those who disagree with her ... and it is reciprocated. her approach is angry. Not only does she assume no good intent among those that disagree with her, she dismisses them as un-american.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-19913190793384661992009-11-25T12:01:26.071-06:002009-11-25T12:01:26.071-06:00I'm constantly amazed at how much Palin is hat...<i>I'm constantly amazed at how much Palin is hated on the left. I've not been able to figure it out</i><br /><br />could it be because she intentionally provokes them, all the time? might that be it?<br /><br />For my part, I just can't fathom how it is that Floyd Mayweather gets into all those fistfights.dsquarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-90104117797727009782009-11-24T19:49:39.038-06:002009-11-24T19:49:39.038-06:00If she really had an IQ of 115, why would she lie ...If she really had an IQ of 115, why would she lie about things people can easily research? She has the IQ of a 15 year old girl.onionfutureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467965321765651286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-48681178082440158192009-11-24T06:09:35.434-06:002009-11-24T06:09:35.434-06:00omonra21: she motivates a large number of people, ...omonra21: she motivates a large number of people, and in that way she is effective. <br /><br />Many people I find inarticulate and confused, such as Maxine Waters, are effective. People like Al Franken I find articulate and not confused, and also effective (just wrong, in my opinion). I think most people, being partisans, would not distinguish between the true 'idiots' on the other side (which exist on every side), and those who are smart but wrong.Eric Falkensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-89432222934835032942009-11-23T18:29:58.573-06:002009-11-23T18:29:58.573-06:00Wow, this is the first time I disagree with you si...Wow, this is the first time I disagree with you since I started reading your blog in the summer :)<br /><br />"An idiot is someone who effectively articulates the other side." - do you think she effectively articulates the other side?Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557214517005144944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-42739901204326862552009-11-22T02:12:31.401-06:002009-11-22T02:12:31.401-06:00It was rather interesting for me to read that blog...It was rather interesting for me to read that blog. Thank author for it. I like such themes and everything connected to them. I would like to read more on that blog soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-8742247805632230752009-11-22T00:14:14.460-06:002009-11-22T00:14:14.460-06:00Dan Quayle was reading potatoe from a card that th...Dan Quayle was reading potatoe from a card that the "intelligent" teacher handed him. Besides potatoe is a legal alternate spelling.<br /><br />Still, note that GW had significantly higher SATs than Gore, but somehow GW was stupid and Gore won the Nobel prize.Printfasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-46533533539508450582009-11-21T15:37:00.590-06:002009-11-21T15:37:00.590-06:00Eric,
I've only been reading you sporadically...Eric,<br /><br />I've only been reading you sporadically for a month or so but, man, you've had some good posts in that time.<br /><br />Tesla,<br /><br />I think that people resort to bias on questions where the truth is actually unknown. We create mental models of the world that seek to explain all kinds of phenomena, but it's often difficult or impossible to know for sure whether the model is accurate (due to a lack of sufficient data). <br /><br />So I wonder whether people with high IQs are more likely to develop accurate mental models of the world, or as Eric suggested in a previous post, they're just more likely to have creative and interesting mental models and that the models might actually be LESS likely to be accurate because they don't have the aggregated wisdom of the ages (read: convention) included in them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431036725490947171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-23139287187160933392009-11-21T14:28:33.387-06:002009-11-21T14:28:33.387-06:00123, is that in the nature of "great little b...123, is that in the nature of "great little blog you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it."?<br /><br />Tesla, that's pretty much right. Especially in politics we look for information that verifies our preexisting bias. Not that big a deal really, it's always been that way. Of course, I still think Palin is a dope, and have plenty of filtered evidence to support my view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-75361685658087600782009-11-21T05:15:27.114-06:002009-11-21T05:15:27.114-06:00Great blog you got here. It would be great to read...Great blog you got here. It would be great to read something more about that matter.<br />By the way check the design I've made myself <a href="http://www.admirableescorts.com/a_level_escorts_london.html" rel="nofollow">A level escort</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-24138266929838727002009-11-20T21:59:19.771-06:002009-11-20T21:59:19.771-06:00I think the offensive thing about Palin is not her...I think the offensive thing about Palin is not her IQ but her provincialism, ignorance, and lack of common sense. I think in these senses she is basically the polar opposite of Ronald Reagan. <br /><br />And can you seriously listen to her talk? I thought W was bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-18281276228586345062009-11-20T21:02:30.451-06:002009-11-20T21:02:30.451-06:00Kieran- that was a nice cheap-shot.
One of the ...Kieran- that was a nice cheap-shot. <br /><br />One of the things that always used to puzzle me is how two equally intelligent people can have completely divergent opinions about the same event (especially w.r.t. politics). Over the years I've concluded that people don't filter their beliefs on the basis of information; rather they filter information on the basis of their beliefs. The vast majority of information that conflicts with an individual's beliefs is labeled as suspicious and not to be trusted. I wish I could say that I'm different from the masses but I'm not at all.teslanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-9733065472668898842009-11-20T14:10:14.600-06:002009-11-20T14:10:14.600-06:00The proper expression is "none of whom is sma...The proper expression is "none of whom is smart," rather than "none of whom are smart." Guess that's why you're not teaching at Harvard.Kieran McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606919516884153997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-74958208941980653282009-11-20T10:16:24.481-06:002009-11-20T10:16:24.481-06:00Palin is a polarizing figure. A certain segment o...Palin is a polarizing figure. A certain segment of the population is absolutely devoted to her -- she's an ordinary person fighting against entrenched insiders with moxie. A larger segment of the population thinks it's crazy she's gone anywhere near the Presidency ("What newspapers do you read? All of them.") These reactions feed off of each other, and you end up with a self-reinforcing cycle of astonished disbelief and populist resentment.<br /><br />In his books Obama comes across as a thoughtful person who tries to think carefully about opposing points of view. (For a radical Muslim socialist, he's portrayed Ronald Reagan in a positive light surprisingly often.) In her book Palin comes across as someone who's being oppressed at every turn; the liberal media (Katie Couric) and the McCain campaign conspire to hold her down and make her look bad. Maybe IQ is not the right way to look at this but there is a real difference here. The two politicians have different approaches to building up their appeal and I really see nothing of value in Palin's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-46682988569598098282009-11-20T09:40:55.274-06:002009-11-20T09:40:55.274-06:00I like the way you describe 125 IQs looking down o...I like the way you describe 125 IQs looking down on 115 IQs and resenting 135 IQs. That puts it in perspective. I work with a lot of very intelligent, highly educated people and I find it amusing when someone will call a colleague an idiot.<br /><br />Reminds me of the George Carlin quote "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"John Cookhttp://www.johndcook.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-82966223545138600172009-11-20T07:25:36.003-06:002009-11-20T07:25:36.003-06:00We don't necessarily need smart (as in IQ) peo...We don't necessarily need smart (as in IQ) people in politics--we need honest people--and I don't mean honest with the public (because they wouldn't be successful politicians if they were) but honest with themselves about their motivations and the consequences of their actions.<br /><br />My problem with Palin is that her politics is just a form of attention-seeking and a further manifestation of the cult of celebrity. She seems to stand for nothing outside of self-aggrandizement to me--an Alcibiades, if you will. But then again, I feel the same way about Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, George Bush II. . .But What do I Know?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-45493593957790475832009-11-19T23:14:09.082-06:002009-11-19T23:14:09.082-06:00I'm an average Econ Phd from Northwestern. I&...I'm an average Econ Phd from Northwestern. I'll leave it at that.Eric Falkensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-46006500723102748322009-11-19T23:03:21.692-06:002009-11-19T23:03:21.692-06:00what's your IQ eric?what's your IQ eric?Zubinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-61274833959241173732009-11-19T22:32:32.922-06:002009-11-19T22:32:32.922-06:00Eric,
Good post.... I'm constantly amazed at ...Eric,<br /><br />Good post.... I'm constantly amazed at how much Palin is hated on the left. I've not been able to figure it out. It seems to me that she represents something they fear, hate, or resent... spooky in a way.<br /><br />Regards,<br />MichaelMichael Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897177627300304126noreply@blogger.com