Comments on: Reality Based Community http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fred E. Nerk http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1345 Fred E. Nerk Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1345 and <b>Marx</b> a hero of <b>Bush</b><b>I don't think so. </b> and Marx a hero of BushI don’t think so.

]]> By: Fred.E Nerk http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1344 Fred.E Nerk Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1344 I take exception to Will Wilkinson's rip from Marx's headstone at Highgate. Marx was asserting that he wanted those who understood his work to use it to remake the world, rather than take it as some set of ahistorical dogmas(dogmae?). Marx never had a "faith-based initiative", but rather said "the truth is concrete". The Nerk I take exception to Will Wilkinson’s rip from Marx’s headstone at Highgate. Marx was asserting that he wanted those who understood his work to use it to remake the world, rather than take it as some set of ahistorical dogmas(dogmae?).

Marx never had a “faith-based initiative”, but rather said “the truth is concrete”.

The Nerk

]]> By: Lawrence Krubner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1343 Lawrence Krubner Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1343 Why assume that "reality" was not meant? If the idea was to be critical of those overly devoted to the conventional wisdom, why not taunt them with the words "conventional wisdom." I've a friend I sometimes taunt by accussing him of being "too CT." If the Bush administration feels the need to rebel against the CT, which could be a healthy thing, why would they not say so? Anyway, reread the quote. It doesn't lend itself to your interpretation. Why assume that “reality” was not meant? If the idea was to be critical of those overly devoted to the conventional wisdom, why not taunt them with the words “conventional wisdom.” I’ve a friend I sometimes taunt by accussing him of being “too CT.” If the Bush administration feels the need to rebel against the CT, which could be a healthy thing, why would they not say so?

Anyway, reread the quote. It doesn’t lend itself to your interpretation.

]]> By: Matthew Yglesias http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1342 Matthew Yglesias Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1342 You're probably right, but the ungenerous interpretation is just too funny. You’re probably right, but the ungenerous interpretation is just too funny.

]]> By: Matthew Yglesias http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1336 Matthew Yglesias Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1336 You're probably right, but the ungenerous interpretation is just too funny. You’re probably right, but the ungenerous interpretation is just too funny.

]]> By: Lawrence Krubner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1337 Lawrence Krubner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1337 Why assume that "reality" was not meant? If the idea was to be critical of those overly devoted to the conventional wisdom, why not taunt them with the words "conventional wisdom." I've a friend I sometimes taunt by accussing him of being "too CT." If the Bush administration feels the need to rebel against the CT, which could be a healthy thing, why would they not say so? Anyway, reread the quote. It doesn't lend itself to your interpretation. Why assume that “reality” was not meant? If the idea was to be critical of those overly devoted to the conventional wisdom, why not taunt them with the words “conventional wisdom.” I’ve a friend I sometimes taunt by accussing him of being “too CT.” If the Bush administration feels the need to rebel against the CT, which could be a healthy thing, why would they not say so?

Anyway, reread the quote. It doesn’t lend itself to your interpretation.

]]> By: Fred.E Nerk http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1338 Fred.E Nerk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1338 I take exception to Will Wilkinson's rip from Marx's headstone at Highgate. Marx was asserting that he wanted those who understood his work to use it to remake the world, rather than take it as some set of ahistorical dogmas(dogmae?). Marx never had a "faith-based initiative", but rather said "the truth is concrete". The Nerk I take exception to Will Wilkinson’s rip from Marx’s headstone at Highgate. Marx was asserting that he wanted those who understood his work to use it to remake the world, rather than take it as some set of ahistorical dogmas(dogmae?).

Marx never had a “faith-based initiative”, but rather said “the truth is concrete”.

The Nerk

]]> By: Fred E. Nerk http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1339 Fred E. Nerk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1339 and <b>Marx</b> a hero of <b>Bush<b><p>I don't think so. </b></b></p> and Marx a hero of Bush

I don’t think so.

]]> By: Joe's Ideas http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1340 Joe's Ideas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1340 <strong>The reality-based community</strong> The reassurance of a like mind. Wil Wilkinson expresses more clearly what I was thinking in the useful philosophical shorthand that I still haven't internalized. The reality-based community

The reassurance of a like mind. Wil Wilkinson expresses more clearly what I was thinking in the useful philosophical shorthand that I still haven’t internalized.

]]> By: Watermark http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/10/18/reality-based-community/#comment-1341 Watermark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=453#comment-1341 <strong>A False Reality</strong> A couple of weeks ago, I tried to imagine myself (unsuccessfully) into the mind of a Bush voter. I realize that someone who holds to the religious belief that abortion is murder is unlikely to vote for a pro-choice candidate. I also realize (though not... A False Reality

A couple of weeks ago, I tried to imagine myself (unsuccessfully) into the mind of a Bush voter. I realize that someone who holds to the religious belief that abortion is murder is unlikely to vote for a pro-choice candidate. I also realize (though not…

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