Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues US Supreme Court isn't 'a bunch of partisan hacks' https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2021/09/12/justice-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-decisions-arent-political/8310849002/
"'Judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties,' she said, noting that she identifies as an 'originalist' and citing fellow Justice Stephen Breyer as an example of the other main school of thought, 'pragmatism.'" We've flapped our gums on this list about Bullsh¡t before, how it's different from lying, how to spot a conspiracy peddler like Bret Weinstein or joe Rogan. Here's a relatively new book from UW's Center for an Informed Public: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World https://bookshop.org/books/calling-bullshit-the-art-of-skepticism-in-a-data-driven-world/9780525509202 Barret's an interesting case. Shirley she's not naive. But maybe she is. Even political hacks don't think of themselves as political hacks. Calling bullsh¡t when someone else spouts it is *way easier* that spotting the bullsh¡t that comes out of your own mouth. And the Tool at the local party doesn't know he's a Tool. This is why the most scary movie I've ever seen is Angel Heart <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Heart> How would you know whether or not you're spouting Bullsh¡t or not? -- ☤>$ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
