Comments on: Magic Variable Kills Elephants

By: steve

steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:25:05 +0000

I should think this is one example in a long line that I have given that reflect a rather compelling position. If you want to waste a resource put the state in charge of managing it.

See I like to think of my blog as an ongoing discussion and not a collection of discrete posts. One would think this is obvious. Such a trifle objection leads one to believe you find the evidence compelling but the conclusion distasteful. Thus such a silly objection.

At any rate, what account would you give to this anecdote as means to explain the differential death rates in elephants across these two countries?

By: darwin

darwin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:30:22 +0000

Lol Steve, you just put forward that it’s stupid to question anecdotal accounts as evidence of a universal fact? Nice. You should publish a paper, I’m sure those logicians in the philosophy departments will be appreciateive.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:54:23 +0000

Im confused.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:42:22 +0000

“First you must admit you care.”

Is that what your girlfriend said?

By: steve

steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:36:33 +0000

First you must admit you care.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:35:49 +0000

Haha. Yeah, that has nothing to do with corruption in Kenya? And I’m sure you’ll want to say: “yeah, but the corruption is just because Kenya is communistic in general”. The problem is, you just get done trying to use Zimbabwe-Rhodesia as an example of a communist state. The country magically morphs to having been a capitalist state for the last 29 years because that’s convenient for your argument?

Since you apparently fail at being concrete with your terminology in the absence of being pushed towards such, can you give me an operational definition of the words “capitalism” and “communism” such that there is no ambiguity as to which states fall into which categories according to your definition?