Ordinary people vs. explanations

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Yoram Gat

Responding to a recent discussion regarding Roger Hallam and Extinction Rebelion, commenters emphasized the need to distance “ourselves” from such extremists, potentially “manipulated by malign actors”. An X post from December had this to say:

“Ordinary people selected at random” aka sortition is explicitly against the idea that explanations can discern between better and worse policies. It’s nuts!

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2 Responses

  1. arturoiniguez's avatar
    arturoiniguez, on February 3, 2025 at 2:24 pm said:

    Neil Hudson mistakes random selection with random decision making.

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  2. Yoram Gat's avatar
    Yoram Gat, on February 3, 2025 at 3:32 pm said:

    Either that, or he assumes that ordinary people are immune to explanations.

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