From: Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 10 1997 - 15:40:45 MST
I responded to Chris Hind:
> I really think you need to understand something at at least a basic
> level before you can reject it this strongly. Strauss & Howe do give
> a plausible causal influence story, they don't try to explain ...
Lee Daniel Crocker responded:
>This is really too much. You described the book as "resonating" with
>your own feelings, offering no epistemology by which it should be
>properly judged, and then you criticize someone else for dismissing it
>based on his feelings. ... I judged it by its flawed reasoning,
>and my emotional reaction to that evaluation followed.
I respect your grounds for rejecting the book, that they haven't
presented their theory and evidence in a formal enough way to meet
your standards of persuasion. Chris, on the other hand, seems to just
be seriously mistaken about what the book says.
I have said nothing even close to liking the book because of
`"resonating" with your own feelings'. Please provide a direct quote.
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/
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