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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 795023" data-attributes="member: 31608"><p>In the present climate, there seems to be a resistance to being "corrected" in any sense - more to the point, there seems to be some disagreement about what a "fact" is. Too many times these days, individuals can be given what would generally be considered proof of a certain point, and they will defer to data manipulation, or other underhanded methods, as to why the proof is not really proof.</p><p></p><p>The call-in segments on Washington Journal (C-SPAN) offer an example that this is not a local or regional phenomenon, but that it appears to be a partisan thing - Republicans, generally speaking, would look at the "proof" offered by global warming proponents (i.e. scientists) and say a variety of things as to why that data/report/etc is not valid; on the other side of the spectrum, Democrats, generally speaking, would look at the "proof" offered by tax cut proponents (i.e. economists) and say a variety of things as to why that data/report/etc is not valid.</p><p></p><p>I guess the bigger question I'm driving towards is this: how does a person know when they have been corrected, if they are inherently mistrustful of all things except from the sources they have pre-identified as being trustful?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't particularly disagree, but doesn't that in the sense defeat the purpose of politics? If one politician can never convince any other of the primacy of their position, the only compromise that can arise is that of the absolute bare minimum as forced by circumstances; as an example, to keep the government funded and no compromise is forthcoming, only the absolute minimum give-and-take is conceded to keep the machine running. Not sure if that is even a compromise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 795023, member: 31608"] In the present climate, there seems to be a resistance to being "corrected" in any sense - more to the point, there seems to be some disagreement about what a "fact" is. Too many times these days, individuals can be given what would generally be considered proof of a certain point, and they will defer to data manipulation, or other underhanded methods, as to why the proof is not really proof. The call-in segments on Washington Journal (C-SPAN) offer an example that this is not a local or regional phenomenon, but that it appears to be a partisan thing - Republicans, generally speaking, would look at the "proof" offered by global warming proponents (i.e. scientists) and say a variety of things as to why that data/report/etc is not valid; on the other side of the spectrum, Democrats, generally speaking, would look at the "proof" offered by tax cut proponents (i.e. economists) and say a variety of things as to why that data/report/etc is not valid. I guess the bigger question I'm driving towards is this: how does a person know when they have been corrected, if they are inherently mistrustful of all things except from the sources they have pre-identified as being trustful? I don't particularly disagree, but doesn't that in the sense defeat the purpose of politics? If one politician can never convince any other of the primacy of their position, the only compromise that can arise is that of the absolute bare minimum as forced by circumstances; as an example, to keep the government funded and no compromise is forthcoming, only the absolute minimum give-and-take is conceded to keep the machine running. Not sure if that is even a compromise. [/QUOTE]
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