Friday, December 31, 2010

The goal of this blog

This blog is meant to be taken in a bit whimsical way, but whimsy based on scientific and data based approaches to thinking.  Our discourse has become more about the number of times an argument is repeated and not about the factual basis for the argument.  This has not been uncommon in human history though, and it should not panic us as we are all simply herd based mammals and we continue to act as if we are.  We depend too much on what we think, and we often do too much searching for data to validate an already formed belief instead of looking to data to inform our belief BEFORE we take a position. I hope to take a whimsical look at the plusses and minuses of different positions, or at least provide data you might not have seen.

Looking forward to working together.

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