tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post7844864368141871788..comments2011-08-17T22:00:58.848-07:00Comments on Ten Conversations: Stossel Rides a Bikewoodegg846http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750031709382053667noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-71473104193546764402010-04-02T08:47:42.053-07:002010-04-02T08:47:42.053-07:00Here are my two thoughts about your response that ...Here are my two thoughts about your response that cars would all end up with seat belts (and presumably other, less visible/easy to understand safety devices as well) because of public demand. <br /><br />1) Perhaps you are right that every car would have ended up with seat belts anyway. There is/was certainly a lot of public demand for auto safety. But from the little I know about the subject, IMadeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853226683316878454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-49569877580787765512010-03-23T20:59:14.629-07:002010-03-23T20:59:14.629-07:00finally! A report that proves living in squalor is...finally! A report that proves living in squalor is preferable to the alternative.Colin Bayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787586265990891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-2911862861344479042010-03-21T19:28:57.085-07:002010-03-21T19:28:57.085-07:00Hey G-man,
Pay no mind to me. I think the video ...Hey G-man,<br /> Pay no mind to me. I think the video conveys the principle of UC fairly well. I was raging at the positivism oozing out of the background. I tire of such a heavy reliance on looking for laws out of statistical results. Indeed, social sciences and their goal of trying to fix life within an empirical formula (whether it be bayesian or cartesian) ignores too much experience for my btwdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049659378709829412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-85836443410696113682010-03-14T19:16:30.915-07:002010-03-14T19:16:30.915-07:00There would be no seat belts if it weren't for...There would be no seat belts if it weren't for the benevolent leaders ensuring that they were invented? Did a law mandate that all cars have breaks? Tires? <br />It's crazy to think that a car would be sold today's safety obsessed culture without seat belts as a standard feature, like brakes, and seats. I mean, you can't walk into a grocery store without having your hands woodegg846https://www.blogger.com/profile/09750031709382053667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-62146496763847056542010-03-13T16:34:18.853-08:002010-03-13T16:34:18.853-08:00No, I'm telling you that without government re...No, I'm telling you that without government regulation there wouldn't BE seat belts in cars. I know, I know, I'm sure the auto industry would make them an add on feature that you could pay for if you had the money. Safety would still be on sale for those able to afford it. <br /><br />I think that the reason that we will never be able to agree on any of this is that for you the litmusMadeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853226683316878454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-71898542919264707022010-03-13T13:17:40.704-08:002010-03-13T13:17:40.704-08:00Yes! They should stop trying to pass laws to make...Yes! They should stop trying to pass laws to make the world better and safer! Because to assume that "they" know what laws to pass and how to effectively enforce them with out taking away peoples freedom to choose, be it good or bad, is to give "them" far to much credit. Its giving anyone far to much credit as far as I'm concerned. <br /><br />And I think that you are woodegg846https://www.blogger.com/profile/09750031709382053667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-18044478496050032642010-03-13T10:35:05.459-08:002010-03-13T10:35:05.459-08:00But just because government actions have unintende...But just because government actions have unintended consequences does that mean that we should just stop trying to pass laws that make the world better and safer?<br /><br />I myself am pretty psyched about seat belts.<br />I'm sure that there have probably been lots of unintended deaths by seat belt, but I'll still take my chances.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853226683316878454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-15131576160316768532010-03-10T19:35:28.189-08:002010-03-10T19:35:28.189-08:00ben,
do I sense a hint of sarcasm?
I thought this...ben,<br />do I sense a hint of sarcasm?<br /><br />I thought this clip was interesting because it shows that things may not always be as they seem and that sometimes ideas that are counter-intuitive and seem flat out wrong, may not be so far off base. <br /><br />I may or may not agree with point of the clip(I don't walk down stairs without a helmet on), but I do think that it demonstrates woodegg846https://www.blogger.com/profile/09750031709382053667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-62670393548337735832010-03-08T18:07:49.164-08:002010-03-08T18:07:49.164-08:00Geraldo finally proved correlation = causation.Geraldo finally proved correlation = causation.btwdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049659378709829412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744205100003113715.post-21861024100782346992010-03-04T17:34:17.216-08:002010-03-04T17:34:17.216-08:00Great video. Love the dog taking a dump in the bac...Great video. Love the dog taking a dump in the background at 4:10.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425814312494431120noreply@blogger.com