Since no two people agree on everything (especially in political matters, but not exclusively so) here's an open question for you -- what is ONE belief that you think I do not currently believe but should. I would also suggest posting this on YOUR lj/etc to see what responses you get. If you don't care what I believe, list something that you ( Read more... )

What if I could show to you that your beliefs about some subject, say, life expectancy of the attic spider are due not to whether or not you studied the subject, not whether or not you're right, not whether or not you came to believe it through rational thinking or even pseudo-rational abductive reasoning, but how you dress. Or some other ( Read more... )

(From the_iron_troll)

I have taken this quiz before, probably around the time I originally found politicalcompassIt's definitely US-centric, both in results and input questions, as well as the spectrum itself. To get the politicalcompass version of the results you'll have to flip it upside down, and tilt by 45 degrees right, (and scale by 2) And even then; I ( Read more... )