“But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old Labour Party was incompatible with democracy, and I don't think that there is a good theoretical or empirical basis for that view. The Road to Serfdom flunks the test of accuracy of prediction!” ThinkingViewsPartyDemocracyShareTestsBasesExtremesLibertarianSocialismBritainLabourPredictionsTheoreticalAccuracyLabour PartyHayekRoad To SerfdomFriedrich Hayek Author:Richard Posner
“If belief in the existence of God is predicted to lead to a feeling of contentment, and the prediction is fulfilled, does it follow that God exists? Surely not. All that would follow would be the desireability of the belief.” IfsDoeFeelingsWould BeSpiritualScienceBeliefExistenceAtheistContentmentFulfilledAgnosticPredictionsGod ExistsExistence Of God Author:Richard Posner
