tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post2369270425592887816..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #175 / Not About The TruthGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-788587928474476512016-06-24T11:50:02.031-07:002016-06-24T11:50:02.031-07:00Please, call me James. There are many things in hu...Please, call me James. There are many things in human affairs we can know to be true. For example, we know that routine vaccination can prevent certain infectious diseases. They don't cause autism. When deciding on the law with regard to vaccines, it's important to form an opinion based on these two facts.@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-47647837402593726962016-06-23T17:16:07.610-07:002016-06-23T17:16:07.610-07:00Amen, Seana!Amen, Seana!Gary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-15032472140061509902016-06-23T17:15:49.298-07:002016-06-23T17:15:49.298-07:00Dear Policeman, I believe you are either missing t...Dear Policeman, I believe you are either missing the point - though maybe you disagree, and do think that you have some unique access to "the truth." The point being made is that in human affairs, there ISN'T any "truth." Great and horrible things happen when people believe that they know "the truth." Religion often suggests that it is a repository of "the truth," and that is why religion is the cause of a great deal of the violence that humans visit on one another. Gary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-54762781029928074192016-06-23T17:07:48.746-07:002016-06-23T17:07:48.746-07:00I hadn't thought about it like that before. I ...I hadn't thought about it like that before. I do find it tiresome when even among those who I consider my friends, whole swathes of people--Republicans, Texans, Christians are dismissed out of hand as a group. We all do it, of course, but we have to guard against it. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-2437801096628948752016-06-23T11:16:05.204-07:002016-06-23T11:16:05.204-07:00Opinion in politics should be informed by the trut...Opinion in politics should be informed by the truth.@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.com