re: #66 Charles Johnson

When I met Rand Simberg at a party at Eugene Volokh’s house years ago, he struck me as a very sane conservative. We actually had a long talk about science and the space program, and that was one of the things that influenced me to think the conservative movement had moved on from the crazy anti-science attitudes of the past.

Man, was I ever wrong. Simberg has categories for the types of science he’s willing to accept, and they seem to coincide entirely with the interests of big business and the far right.

These people really suck, and I guess I had to learn that lesson, hard.

This is very true, as I’ve discovered on more than one occasion. Smart guys who can instantly diagnose poor reasoning, invalid conclusions, and logical fallacies in one area, then do EXACTLY the same thing themselves when the topic turns to something where the Science is against their desired outcome. It’s pretty astonishing to see in action.