How is this premise concluded with the conclusion below? Just because we cannot measure all parameters necessary for predicting the future, doesn't me...
So, how is your objection then valid? The example of communism ignores everything else that went on with society, but pretty much blames the rise of i...
That's why I ask for clarification since you don't give one, all I have is the outlines of your objections. You connect political imbalance within uni...
So in what way is the current system better than what I propose? In what way do you mean that their education, in terms of primarily economics and phi...
Ignorance is bliss you mean? Because that's what the sense of meaning in religion gives you. You are ignoring to think about the world and life authen...
Fair enough. For the education part of the argument, I'd add the psychological Dual Process Theory to the mix. Popularized by Daniel Kahneman it speak...
Yes, agreeing with you. But you said "as it should in any discussion of postmodernism", which sounds a bit dismissal of the depth of postmodernism out...
I mean, deconstructing reality, language etc. can be applied to more than just culture and aesthetics, right? Just wondering how to interpret the conc...
Postmodernism is closely in connection with poststructuralism. Maybe I read your comment as if postmodernism should only be about culture and aestheti...
But postmodernism is still broader than just some conclusions easily dismissive. The link between psychology and postmodern ideas of concepts, languag...
I would argue that postmodernism was a necessary step, in the history of philosophy, to open up thought in an age where philosophers tended to restric...
You mean to say that a belief that invents a categorization of different people and the devaluation of people with dark skin isn't a racist belief? Th...
It starts with a racist belief, systemic racism is the cause of that belief being put into the status quo of society. Then when the common status quo ...
How does racism begin? A) With an individual's personal fears or B) with a group/family/division of society that creates a narrative of fear as a coup...
How do you account for the cognitive dissonance that happens as a consequence of living within a racist system? If you think people are detached from ...
The liberal and the neoliberal illusion of personal responsibility which in turn argues against determinism. Last I remember, determinism has been the...
It's only a problem for people who have biased perspectives and ignore all attempts at examining even their own convictions in an honest way. If this ...
Have recommended this numerous times, it seems no one actually cares to watch it. But it does highlight the complexity of spotting modern systemic rac...
Agree, it's a normalized behavior of today. But I think that this is part in solving these issues, not "the" solution. Yes, they differ, but the key p...
With the education available for all, it would still be better than having none. So the villain would be an uneducated villain as it is now and the in...
No solution is a final solution to all problems. I'm behind those ideas as well, but still thinks a baseline knowledge for the praxis of parliamentary...
The problem with only meritocracy is that it's easier to corrupt with nepotism in systems where education isn't funded by the state and taxes. The edu...
What do politicians do? What decisions are they making? You mean to say that we don't know these things? If they debate about new laws, if they discus...
It might be the case that lobbyist and politics behind the curtains make some of the representatives decide before being in parliament pressing the bu...
I think ChatteringMonkey put this in perspective when arguing that politicians have a staff made up of experts and that many decisions are made outsid...
If you change the praxis of debate, if you demand unbiased arguments without fallacies and factual errors, there's no need for mud throws. You can arg...
What is the difference between a parliamentary politician in representative democracies today and someone in an epistemic democracy? Based on the educ...
3-4 year minimum. We could figure out the necessary length of education. Maybe because a politician with power over the people is a high-risk job as m...
Is approaching subjects philosophically biased or unbiased? You speak of philosophy as a form of biased ideal and politics in government as being neut...
1) Demagogues won't bother with education as much as people invested in politics for reasons beyond themselves. If it takes effort to handle the praxi...
It's not a philosophy course, it's an education for becoming a politician. It's a new field that doesn't exist outside the concept of epistemic democr...
Not sure what you mean here? The education to become a politician is supposed to be free for all. In some countries without free education, that might...
First, would you agree that epistemic democracy is an improvement over representative democracy? Second, what are your suggestions to battle the issue...
Are you elected as soon as you chose to become a politician? No, you chose to be a politician and then run in elections. If you chose to become a poli...
I'm not sure if you actually read everything I wrote since I mention Plato's idea of philosopher kings and why that in itself doesn't work. Instead, I...
I understand what you mean, education isn't a source that eradicates the people who only seek to be politicians out of the need for power alone. Howev...
I agree that mandatory voting is key to get better democratic representation of a nation's wills. But I don't see how that is an issue in epistemic de...
You can tackle both at the same time and epistemic democracy has far better methods to tackle corruption and nepotism than regular representative demo...
The problem with corruption in the way you describe wouldn't really nullify the benefits of educated politicians. And I wouldn't call it elitists as l...
That is a start perhaps. But disqualifying does not equal the people in power to have the necessary merits to govern the nation. I think a key differe...
I have, we all have. The statistics of the higher likelihood of black people being killed over white people shows that there is systemic racism in pla...
Re-read the arguments (quoted as a reminder) about systemic racism before asking people to re-read yours. Statistics can inform rational arguments, bu...
No, because such statistics is impossible to verify and quantify. We can use statistics of acts, we can look at laws and legislations, we can look at ...
But you are still just red herring the entire thing. You do not involve yourself with the arguments and conduct proper philosophical praxis to it. Tha...
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