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> What I am against is the (to me) crazy amount of overconfidence many people (on the left especially) have in the ability of their data to "prove" their politi
by wwweston 9y ago
> What I am against is the (to me) crazy amount of overconfidence many people (on the left especially) have in the ability of their data to "prove" their political positions and arguments.
Part of this statement seems to reflect a high degree of confidence in the idea that this is phenomenon "especially" afflicts the left, but there doesn't seem to have been a presentation of evidence which provides unambiguous support for the thesis.
- haberman 9y agoI meant to delete that part actually. I thought I had. On reflection, it seemed likely that this could be a distortion in my viewpoint based on the fact that most of my Facebook sphere leans heavily left. So I probably don't see as much of the right's poor argumentation. > but there doesn't seem to have been a presentation of evidence which provides unambiguous support for the thesis. I said "(to me)" as a disclaimer that I was offering my opinion/belief, and not a provable thesis.