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> maybe the world does need people who put reputation above fact. I don’t follow.
by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y ago
> maybe the world does need people who put reputation above fact.
I don’t follow.
- mantap 6y agoPeople on this forum are usually interested in programming and skew to the hyper-logical end of the spectrum, myself included. For us, facts are paramount, as you cannot think logically without a solid factual basis. Not every person puts logic at the forefront of their thinking, in fact most people don't. In this case, Murray seems to consider the reputation of UK/US as warmongers, as evidence that that is what they are attempting do with Russia. It is useful to have people who think in heterogenous ways. At the very least, Murray reminds us to give low weight to information obtained from state intelligence when that information is about an adversary of that state. You don't have to agree with his conclusion to find his thinking useful.