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> Bjørn is not the worst denier Do you believe it's possible for intelligent, informed, people of good will to look at a set of facts and come to different pol
by JackFr 9y ago
> Bjørn is not the worst denier
Do you believe it's possible for intelligent, informed, people of good will to look at a set of facts and come to different policy proposals?
Public policy is informed by science, but it is grounded in values. It seems to me that you call Bjorn Lomborg intellectually dishonest simply because he disagrees with you on policy.
- Gupie 9y agoWhy do you assume people call Bjorn Lomborg intellectually dishonest simply because he disagrees with them. It is more likley that they are calling him intellectually dishonest because he is intellectually dishonest. Occam's razor applies.
- JackFr 9y agoI assume good faith on the part of Bjorn Lomborg. I also assume good faith on the part of the parent. I am trying to point out that well informed, well intentioned people can disagree without being intellectually dishonest. Also Occam's razor really doesn't apply: a) Bjorn Lomborg makes arguments in good faith and the parent is wrong b) Bjorn Lomborg makes arguments in bad faith and the parent is right To my eye, a & b are equivalently parsimonious in their assumptions.