Comments on: Guns, Materialism, and Tim Kasser http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lab Coats http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8459 Lab Coats Tue, 26 May 2009 03:51:09 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8459 We liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. We liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is.

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]]> By: Fatso http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8457 Fatso Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:01:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8457 I haven't got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels. I haven’t got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels.

]]> By: Fatso http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8468 Fatso Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8468 I haven't got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels. I haven’t got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels.

]]> By: Fatso http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8469 Fatso Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8469 I haven't got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels. I haven’t got laid in the ten years since I bought my first gun (at age 35). That bothers me less than it once would have. I infer that owning guns does not boost my testosterone enough to restore youthful levels.

]]> By: Chad Van Schoelandt http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8456 Chad Van Schoelandt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:56:04 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8456 "Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same." No I don't. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those 'things.' I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I'd write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning... whitening of tartar control... cool mint or rain forest fresh... This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away. “Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same.”

No I don’t. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those ‘things.’

I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I’d write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning… whitening of tartar control… cool mint or rain forest fresh… This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away.

]]> By: Chad Van Schoelandt http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8466 Chad Van Schoelandt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8466 "Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same." No I don't. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those 'things.' I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I'd write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning... whitening of tartar control... cool mint or rain forest fresh... This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away. “Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same.”

No I don’t. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those ‘things.’

I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I’d write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning… whitening of tartar control… cool mint or rain forest fresh… This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away.

]]> By: Chad Van Schoelandt http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8467 Chad Van Schoelandt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8467 "Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same." No I don't. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those 'things.' I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I'd write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning... whitening of tartar control... cool mint or rain forest fresh... This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away. “Intrinsically motivated, community minded, meaning-seeking people want houses, cars, dishwashers, North Face fleece pullovers, and iPods all the same.”

No I don’t. Unless you count a shared studio apartment by the train tracks (right where they stop the cargo trains so that I use the sound of the cars crashing into each other as an early morning alarm) as a house, I neither have nor particularly care to have any of those ‘things.’

I liked your analysis of the misunderstanding of what harmful materialism is. In a similar way, I suspect that there is some truth to the studies mockingly refered to by Russell above, but his skepicism is correct as such studies are easy targets for use in bad arguments. I’d write more, but I have to research the 50 types of toothpaste options before I go shopping in the morning… whitening of tartar control… cool mint or rain forest fresh… This feels much worse than losing $10, but at least the train tracks are only a short walk away.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8455 Will Wilkinson Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:12:41 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8455 I agree with Chris. Kasser is a scientist, and genuinely aims to get at the truth. My complaint is that he seems to be a man with strong political opinions, and it looks like that may sometimes interfere with his doing genuinely illuminating science. I bet Tim Kasser thinks PoMo is completely ridiculous. I agree with Chris. Kasser is a scientist, and genuinely aims to get at the truth. My complaint is that he seems to be a man with strong political opinions, and it looks like that may sometimes interfere with his doing genuinely illuminating science. I bet Tim Kasser thinks PoMo is completely ridiculous.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8464 Will Wilkinson Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/07/01/980/#comment-8464 I agree with Chris. Kasser is a scientist, and genuinely aims to get at the truth. My complaint is that he seems to be a man with strong political opinions, and it looks like that may sometimes interfere with his doing genuinely illuminating science. I bet Tim Kasser thinks PoMo is completely ridiculous. I agree with Chris. Kasser is a scientist, and genuinely aims to get at the truth. My complaint is that he seems to be a man with strong political opinions, and it looks like that may sometimes interfere with his doing genuinely illuminating science. I bet Tim Kasser thinks PoMo is completely ridiculous.

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