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by vacuity
462 days ago
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It's also frustrating to see people "rationally" telling us to "wait and see" what DOGE will deliver. Sure, I have preexisting biases against DOGE. I guess I shouldn't ask who has preexisting biases for DOGE, but I don't know if I need to. But I don't think it should take partisanship to conclude that even if DOGE is doing some good, it's also throwing the baby out with the bathwater (e.g. NOAA, NNSA [which maintains our nuclear weapons], DoD, IRS). Is there bureaucratic waste? Sure, I don't doubt it. But DOGE is just slashing jobs without a care in the world. And that's without considering its clear political agenda. So I guess some people will take the middle ground all the way until we "somehow" end up at a terrible outcome. They're not actually taking the middle ground and making a stand, although even that is questionable; you're walking (knowingly or not) towards a side. Rationality is not achieved solely through platitudes. Look at the world around you and make an honest assessment, as unblinded by your biases as you can. Especially since we here tend to be very privileged. |
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I'm not sure whether this passage mentioning "you're walking..." applies strictly to me or whether it is a generalization referencing "They're not actually..." in the leading part of that sentence.
>They're not actually taking the middle ground and making a stand, although even that is questionable; you're walking (knowingly or not) towards a side.
I have disclosed my own personal bias in the discussion so that those who wish to discuss can understand where I stand without needing to guess. I have a dog in the hunt and it's a good dog with many successful hunts to brag about.
>Look at the world around you and make an honest assessment, as unblinded by your biases as you can.
I'm always open to changing my mind (altering or eliminating my biases) if the data is there to support a need to change. I'm a geophysicist and massaging large data volumes to find the useful information within drives my processes. We all approach situations with a pre-existing notion about how it will play out. The ones who come out enlightened are those who recognize that new information can enhance our understanding and lead us to change our perceptions (biases) and we are open to that new information and whatever new world it brings. Too bad there are those who are locked into a bias or an agenda so tightly that they are unwilling to accept that things could be different.
>Especially since we here tend to be very privileged.
I agree with the privileged part and would like to add that many do not have a broad experience base to use as a foundation for their beliefs since they walked out of a university with a cheat code that allowed them to skip all the hard parts of life. Loosely translated, many here on HN are out of touch with the world that others inhabit every day, insulated from many of the problems that are ordinary parts of life for most of their fellow citizens.