tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post115380439938603740..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: A Casual Little ChatAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1153890993021980652006-07-25T23:16:00.000-06:002006-07-25T23:16:00.000-06:00ChrisI would grant your point with one caveat.If a...<B>Chris</B><BR/><BR/>I would grant your point with one caveat.<BR/><BR/>If a person is not going to study an issue, then one should still have the integrity to say, "I am not studying that issue; therefore, I am not qualified to offer an informed opinion."<BR/><BR/>The person who does this would then be free to do as he or she pleases.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1153889391919533822006-07-25T22:49:00.000-06:002006-07-25T22:49:00.000-06:00I think you expect too much of people. I got to th...I think you expect too much of people. I got to thinking about it, and I too got cought up in the shame of the wasted potential of humanity. But then I remembered that the average person has never been particularly bright or astute, and therefore never will be. People are pretty much animals, and the advancement of culture and society through extremely rational behavior and action is not a very animalistic practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1153860420114721012006-07-25T14:47:00.000-06:002006-07-25T14:47:00.000-06:00Yet, I find a lot of people who think that the mos...<B>Yet, I find a lot of people who think that the most interesting news item of the day was the fact that former “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch went to prison today.</B><BR/><BR/>I thought it was Lindsay Lohan dropping her allegation that Paris Hilton hacked her blackberry.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1153839728209049852006-07-25T09:02:00.000-06:002006-07-25T09:02:00.000-06:00My head hurts, too.My head hurts, too.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1153810951134097092006-07-25T01:02:00.000-06:002006-07-25T01:02:00.000-06:00You're welcome. The laziness is something that I'm...You're welcome. <BR/><BR/>The laziness is something that I'm guilty of more often than not - not because I am not informed, but because I am not informed enough. I haven't tried <B>hard</B> to research a lot of issues, though if they are important to me I feel compelled to speak. <BR/><BR/>An example of this would be the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Although I really have no experience directly with either nation, I've footed a large amount of residual effect, watching the conflict as it takes hold near me and fostering other conflicts. I've done a little research, read a dozen or so articles on the subject... ultimately resulting in little more than a survey of opinion, from which my own opinions are constructed. I've been fairly chewed out for my naievety on that particular issue.<BR/><BR/>I expect, as I adopt the scientific process more as a way of life (as a young student) that this laziness will become less of a habit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com