tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626140607960910795.post1760118048711680378..comments2024-02-16T04:13:24.822-05:00Comments on The Tireless Agorist: Why People Are Irrational About PoliticsAgorist Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881858776546654763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626140607960910795.post-77790927858553560532023-02-14T10:14:40.179-05:002023-02-14T10:14:40.179-05:00betpark
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I've heard Bryan Capla...Cool blog, keep it up.<br /><br />I've heard Bryan Caplan talking about the Myth of the Rational Voter before, so all of these arguments were pretty familiar to me. This could come across as just a really verbose way of sounding cranky, but I really do think there are some theoretical problems with this sort of moralizing about becoming more informed. First, I think it's important to recognize not only the power but also the value of societal customs, particularly our morals. That means there are certain things we do and actually should be able to react to on a "gut level." For instance, the video deemed the War on Terror irrational--but why? Because it costs many times more human lives than it is designed to save. Notice the discussion ended there. The speaker did not feel the need to explain to anyone why this is a bad thing. Clearly there are some principles which simply may not be questioned, and why not? As many great philosophers have noticed, our morals are ultimately not the product of our reason.<br /><br />Second, and related to the first, notice how the speaker never gave a way of actually overcoming all the costs of acquiring more information. Speaking as an academic, I can say quite honestly how difficult it is to stay informed about important issues. Work often has to take precedence. Now, how about the average person? Should the average person really be expected to keep up?<br /><br />I just don't think irrationality is a problem that can be "solved" the way other problems can. We as a society, much like we as individuals, stumble along getting a lot of things wrong yet somehow growing and developing new things. I think we owe much more than we think to processes over which we have very little control. I also have a philosophical problem with what the man said toward the end, "Most people are not likely to be evil." I think quite the opposite is true: all of us are inclined to be evil, and it takes a lot to prevent us from being more so.<br /><br />Hope these thoughts don't come across as cranky. This is a philosophical conversation worth having.Jameson Graberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295353443322403779noreply@blogger.com