Disqus - Latest Comments for RobinHanson

Re: Harming Intentionally, Helping Incidentally

RobinHanson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:45:07 -0000

So what, we all need to make a fun video to introduce our blogs now? The bar is raised!

Re: Voter Abstinence Education

RobinHanson — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:33:21 -0000

So does Colbert even understand Will's argument that he dismisses with such vigor?

Re: Hanson’s Catechism

RobinHanson — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:20:58 -0000

Blogging is new enough that we don't have as clear standard stories about what it is for. But "Blogging isn't about conversation" is pretty good.

Re: Deliberation Day

RobinHanson — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:41:48 -0000

What, no one ever commented on this excellent post? How much things have changed in five years! :)

Re: Dancin’ with Hanson

RobinHanson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:51:45 -0000

I am, I am friendly! Er, hope that didn't sound to desperate ...

Re: Raising Kids in Cages

RobinHanson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:21 -0000

Will it more about humility that relativity. Yes some cultures can be right and others wrong, but the fact that so many other cultures disagree with a practice of my culture should give me pause, especially about using government force to impose my culture on others.

Re: Raising Kids in Cages

RobinHanson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:50:11 -0000

It is simply not OK to intentionally raise an illiterate child, even though illiteracy is the natural human condition

So do you support the government forcing parents to teach their kids to read and write? If a set of parents were proud of their illiterate culture, and wanted to raise their kids to be part of that culture, I'm pretty reluctant to use government force in this case.

Re: Raising Kids in Cages

RobinHanson — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:42:10 -0000

Yes of course once you accept that we should ever use the government to intervene in how kids are treated, the question becomes what the threshold is for that. So to be clear, are you saying that the way these 400 kids were treated in Utah does or does not rise to this threshold? Surely the consensus against locking kids in dark cages all their lives is far higher than the consensus against treating these kids they way they were treated.

Re: Strategic Opinions

RobinHanson — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:16:28 -0000

Consider the strut. It is a signal of dominance, but if you to use it without the power to back it up, you may be severely punished. Same with trying to offer distinctive opinions when you aren't respected enough for others to take them seriously.

Re: Unfair in the Abstract, Fair in the Concrete

RobinHanson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:11:47 -0000

I'll bet the concrete case is fair because it is about art - if it were about working at a loading dock, people would think it unfair.