When did we go from Question Authority to believe what ever Authority says?
As taxpayers, shouldn't we deserve only the highest quality of information from the gvmt? Don't we deserve data without ambiguity?
Doesn't anyone else think we deserve better?
2007-08-23 14:02:34 · 20 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
I've been wondering that for a long time. And it irritates me that the liberals, who were once the biggest advocates of "Question Authority" have now become the advocates of big, intrusive, and expensive government.
2007-08-23 14:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by John himself 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I think the whole idea of questioning authority went so far as to increase the overall ambiguity as to who if anyone has the "right answer" or whether "right" is only a state of mind. Within this chaos, the general public floats, rudderless, attaching itself to whatever sounds good at the moment, avoiding pain or displeasure, finding comfort and security in numbers.
2007-08-24 01:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by 3DM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
question everything.
authority may be ill advised or illegitimate. those in power may need that check that questioners provide.
ALL data can be taken as ambiguous, depending on the personal biases of the author as well as the reader. you and i can crunch the same numbers and come up with similar or opposite conclusions. pure objectivity is hard to come by without eyewitness accounts from credible sources. understanding where the other side is coming from and what their concerns are is the first step in being objective, and being credible.
question everything... your own beliefs as well as mine.
2007-08-23 21:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by patzky99 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A booklet titled "On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research" , published by the National Academy of Science in 1995, provides us with a well-presented set of criteria to guide the conduct of scientists as they navigate their way through the difficult choices they have to make in the way they conduct themselves ethically.
"The fallibility of methods is a valuable reminder of the importance of skepticism in science. Scientific knowledge and scientific methods, whether old or new, must be continually scrutinized for possible errors. Such skepticism can conflict with other important features of science, such as the need for creativity and for conviction in arguing a given position. But organized and searching skepticism as well as an openness to new ideas are essential to guard against the intrusion of dogma or collective bias into scientific results."
Here, scepticism is held up as a virtue, in contrast with the hostile treatment afforded to sceptics in the climate sciences.
2007-08-24 00:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by eric c 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bush obviously doesn't--he's the one who was censorig scientiists who didn't bow to his claims that global warming wasn't proven.
And--"qestioning authority" is a virtue WHEN it is done intelligently. But the "skeptics" fall into the same category as a witch doctor who wants his "evil spirits" to be considered as a valid theory along with medical knowledge of infectious microorganisms. In short--that kind of "questioning" does not deserve respect--it merits only redicule.
2007-08-24 00:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
We can blame "political correctness".
We dare not question anything because it's not "PC"
Bureaucracy condones PC and we know the govt loves bureaucracy.
We can see this in some of the questions posed in this forum, as the sheep amongst us blindly assume the govt is correct in all it's 'wisdom'.
We need to question everything in order to find the truth, because we know.........
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!
2007-08-24 05:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by fyzer 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The global warming controversy is the last thread of insanity left over from the Clinton administration, and people just can't let it go. Some people prefer the world of make believe over reality.
2007-08-23 22:29:19 · answer #7 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Since when does the data about global warming come from the government? It comes from the scientists and they don't know everything yet. The day government got involved is the day all the stupidity started.
2007-08-23 21:13:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
To some it's only Liberal authority we shouldn't question. Why that would make you a traitor.
2007-08-23 21:33:07 · answer #9 · answered by kevin s 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Questioning requires thought and we don't teach people to do that anymore. In fact it's actively discouraged.
2007-08-23 21:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋