Always amusing to watch Ostia dash to the Bailey when confronted with the notion that there’s an actual reality that doesn’t always comport with his way of seeing the world.
This is especially rich to read after this past week, when *two* shibboleths of Osita’s faction have crashed down: Biden’s fitness to serve as President, and his Administration’s fingerprints on getting age restrictions removed from WPATH’s guidance on sex surgeries.
Yes, there is a kernel of truth in his correspondence that isn’t really in dispute: People are (innately) drawn to ideology; it is ideology that builds a worldview, not facts alone. But the problem has arisen that now, even when facts are revealed which ought to cause ideologues to reconsider, to temper or adjust their views, we simply get deeper and deeper into fantasy, Q-Anon like, and the credibility of captured institutions, some of which we need to function well for our society’s sake, goes down the toilet.
The saying usually attributed to Keynes, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” seems to be responded to by the likes of Ostia with “Keep gaslighting”.
Both made some really good points.
Always amusing to watch Ostia dash to the Bailey when confronted with the notion that there’s an actual reality that doesn’t always comport with his way of seeing the world.
This is especially rich to read after this past week, when *two* shibboleths of Osita’s faction have crashed down: Biden’s fitness to serve as President, and his Administration’s fingerprints on getting age restrictions removed from WPATH’s guidance on sex surgeries.
Yes, there is a kernel of truth in his correspondence that isn’t really in dispute: People are (innately) drawn to ideology; it is ideology that builds a worldview, not facts alone. But the problem has arisen that now, even when facts are revealed which ought to cause ideologues to reconsider, to temper or adjust their views, we simply get deeper and deeper into fantasy, Q-Anon like, and the credibility of captured institutions, some of which we need to function well for our society’s sake, goes down the toilet.
The saying usually attributed to Keynes, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” seems to be responded to by the likes of Ostia with “Keep gaslighting”.