I guess what I was reacting to were the inklings of a B.F. Skinner-ish behaviourist attack on individual autonomy and free will.
Anybody who adheres to that needs to read Karl Popper, and then throw their gnosticism in the trash where it belongs. Terrified of uncertainty? Too bad. It isn’t going away, no matter how much you or “we” “optimize”.
The more that mistake theorists proclaim themselves as wiser and “criticize democracy...because it gives too much power to the average person”, the more conflict theorists (extremists, Trump voters, etc...) they will nurture.
I guess what I was reacting to were the inklings of a B.F. Skinner-ish behaviourist attack on individual autonomy and free will.
Anybody who adheres to that needs to read Karl Popper, and then throw their gnosticism in the trash where it belongs. Terrified of uncertainty? Too bad. It isn’t going away, no matter how much you or “we” “optimize”.
The more that mistake theorists proclaim themselves as wiser and “criticize democracy...because it gives too much power to the average person”, the more conflict theorists (extremists, Trump voters, etc...) they will nurture.