This is something I think about a lot - the actual value of polling in general and public opinion polling in specific. A lot of public discourse is creeping on

This is something I think about a lot - the actual value of polling in general and public opinion polling in specific. A lot of public discourse is creeping on several layers of meta, to where we are constantly reacting to how people react to other reactions. Sometimes I wish we would just let ideas stand on their face instead of constantly engaging in acts of national navel gazing.