I don't get a vote but I decided to take the quiz anyway [2008 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector]. I'm pretty happy with the result, it corresponds to my impression of the candidates. Initially I was impressed with John Edwards but that was a mistake. If I had a vote today it would probably go to Al Gore (if he were running) or Dennis Kucinich.
How do we convince this T.I. Candidate to run?
ReplyDeleteOne inescapable observation. There isn't any candidate who says; "Elect me and I will end the homocidial Israeli influence on our foreign policy." The evidence is overwhelming that Israel-firsters in our own government engineered this murdering destruction of the people of Irag.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be a fan of these political type surveys/quizzes. Here's one about where you stand on the political spectrum that's slightly better than most others:
ReplyDeletehttp://politicalcompass.org/
Wow. It never fails me how what percentage of my academic peers hold views opposite of my own, to the point of irrationality (such as spezio).
ReplyDeleteMe: I think Bush is doing a decent job with a congress that has been frothing mad and a clearly belligerent press. I think obama is a lightweight and hillary would be a horrible, horrible president.
And wesley clark- are you kidding?
I guess my point is the following: it's your blog and you can do what you want, but I honestly feel there's no room for politics in science, and science is poorly presented- for various reasons- in politics. Kind of like the belief/proof dichotomy... or better yet, like oil and water.
ReplyDeleteanoymous says,
ReplyDeleteI guess my point is the following: it's your blog and you can do what you want, but I honestly feel there's no room for politics in science ...
I agree with you. I'd like to keep politics out of science as much as possible. This is a "science" blog in the sense that I talk a lot about science but I'm also interested in other things, including politics.
I'm especially interested in politicians who try to control science; like those who want to ban stem cell research because it conflicts with their religious beliefs. Don't you think that's worth discussing?
anonymous says,
ReplyDeleteWow. It never fails me how what percentage of my academic peers hold views opposite of my own, to the point of irrationality (such as spezio).
Can you give me some examples? Are you against universal health care? Do you think the war in Iraq is a good thing? Are you a Creationist? Do you favor the death penalty? Do you like guns?
Ew ew ew! It put Al Gore on top for me at 60% I think that is mostly because I chose 'neither' a lot, and Gore champions things that do feel strongly about like global warming. But the questions seemed to be very polarizing to me, and I don't really think that way about politics. I prefer pragmatic solutions rather than ideology.
ReplyDeleteOf course, while Gore and Obama were top, McCain and Guiliani were close behind. The political compass one had questions that made more sense to me. It put me dead in the center on economics, and a little left on social issues.