You are never entitled to your opinion. Ever! You are not even entitled to “I don’t know.” You are entitled to your desires,
You are never entitled to your opinion. Ever! You are not even entitled to “I don’t know.” You are entitled to your desires, and sometimes to your choices. You might own a choice, and if you can choose your preferences, you may have the right to do so. But your beliefs are not about you; beliefs are about the world. Your beliefs should be your best available estimate of the way things are ; anything else is a lie. [ . . . ] It is true that some topics give experts stronger mechanisms for resolving disputes. On other topics our biases and the complexity of the world make it harder to draw strong conclusions. [ . . . ]
“If you do not grasp the difference between orange juice and detergent, brand names will at best help you drink the finest detergent on the market, and wash your dishes with the right amount of pulp.”
― The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
― The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
“To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“the ineradicable prejudice that every action intended to serve the profit interest must be anti-social by this fact alone.”27”
― The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
― The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
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