Comments on: The good that comes from belief? http://stupidreality.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/the-good-that-comes-from-belief/ Because reality is frequently disappointing. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dave http://stupidreality.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/the-good-that-comes-from-belief/#comment-507 Dave Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:00:33 +0000 http://stupidreality.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/the-good-that-comes-from-belief/#comment-507 Yikes! Must have been when I was putting you on my blogroll...fixed it now. And I agree. I think that statistics are a very useful measure, *but* without (a) the actual data and (b) a real understanding of how they work, the reader is left at the mercy of the interpretation of the person using them. Combine that with a topic as nebulous and subjective as morality and as you say - it's nothing but opinion based on an argument from authority. Yikes!

Must have been when I was putting you on my blogroll…fixed it now.

And I agree. I think that statistics are a very useful measure, *but* without

(a) the actual data and
(b) a real understanding of how they work,

the reader is left at the mercy of the interpretation of the person using them. Combine that with a topic as nebulous and subjective as morality and as you say – it’s nothing but opinion based on an argument from authority.

]]> By: CarrieP http://stupidreality.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/the-good-that-comes-from-belief/#comment-506 CarrieP Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:54:18 +0000 http://stupidreality.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/the-good-that-comes-from-belief/#comment-506 Without any hard data in this essay, there's nothing of substance here. It's just an opinion piece--no facts, even though facts are claimed. On another note: you have *my* blog liked as the article, instead of Dr. Singleton's Op-Ed. Not that I mind the publicity, but you may want to fix that post-haste. Without any hard data in this essay, there’s nothing of substance here. It’s just an opinion piece–no facts, even though facts are claimed.

On another note: you have *my* blog liked as the article, instead of Dr. Singleton’s Op-Ed. Not that I mind the publicity, but you may want to fix that post-haste.

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