“Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that, on general principle, complex systems ran themselves just fine without benign intervention seemed like it could only be the product of a quasi-religious faith. ... Of course, this gets things almost precisely backwards. It is the idea that all order must be explained by a functioning mind at the helm, not its denial, that has the closet affinity to the religious instinct.” MindIdeasMightOrderCoursesReligiousPrinciplesFieldsParticularProductsFineClaimsInstinctComplexesNotionDenialRanClosetsBackwardsInterventionReligious FaithSkepticalAffinityBenignHelmComplex SystemsBashers Author:Julian Sanchez
“It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would have so diluted investigative powers that it would have frustrated an investigation and created a security harm outweighing the benefit to civil liberties. If you'd rather trade scary stories, that's fine too - just let me know so I can buy a bag of marshmallows before our next round.” IfsKnowsNeedsHas BeensI CanStoriesNextLibertySecurityParticularFineBenefitsLet MeTradeResponseRoundsScaryHarmPrivacyBagsInvestigationFrustratedPatriotCivil LibertiesPatriot ActMarshmallowScary StoriesNo Response Author:Julian Sanchez
