tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post7246013337275016966..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: John Gray's Counter-Enlightenment Attack on Steven PinkerLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-14502499545160931082012-03-14T15:37:43.469+00:002012-03-14T15:37:43.469+00:00One post(there are more) about Pinker errors; http...One post(there are more) about Pinker errors; http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/this-is-bogus-statistic.html<br /><br />His statistics is wrong...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-593543396875944222011-12-07T19:41:35.903+00:002011-12-07T19:41:35.903+00:00One has to wonder why it is that Gray *wants* Pink...One has to wonder why it is that Gray *wants* Pinker to be wrong. That is the only explanation for the attack, since he can't deny the facts involved.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-63330998876203961552011-11-28T15:41:47.783+00:002011-11-28T15:41:47.783+00:00I'd like to make a gentleman's bet. The m...I'd like to make a gentleman's bet. The most optimistic scenario I've seen predicts global oil production to peak around 2020 and begin to decline thereafter (others predict a sooner peak). I'll bet that if we are not able to either ramp up renewables to replace the lost energy, and/or are not able to switch other fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas or nuclear to do what oil does for us (mostly transportation), and if economic growth goes into decline as a result, then we will see an increase in violence that will persist for as long as the decline in energy production persists until human population stabilizes at a level that can be supported by the resulting levels of energy production. This violence will get increasingly worse as natural gas and then coal production peaks in later decades. If I'm wrong, it will be the most delicious crow I've ever tasted.Empedoclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-88598437098183206512011-11-28T12:41:20.780+00:002011-11-28T12:41:20.780+00:00I read in Pinker's book: "Air Force follo...I read in Pinker's book: "Air Force followed a set of humanitarian protocols during the height of the anti-Taliban bombing campaign in 2008 that Human Rights Watch praised for its "very good record of minimizing harm to civilians."<br /><br />I read in original HRW's article: "When aerial bombing is PLANNED, mostly against suspected Taliban targets, US and NATO forces in Afghanistan have had a very good record of minimizing harm to civilians. In 2008, no PLANNED airstrikes appear to have resulted in civilian casualties".<br /><br />So not all the "anti-Taliban bombing campaign in 2008" but only the planned attacks...<br /><br />And when attacks are not planned?<br />"US and NATO forces have been far more likely to cause civilian casualties in unplanned situations, normally when ground troops call in airstrikes as tactical support when under attack from insurgent forces, or to target insurgent forces on the move. The vast majority of known civilian deaths and injuries from airstrikes in Afghanistan come in these situations. Often these situations involve "Troops in Contact" (TIC).<br />http://www.hrw.org/en/node/75157/section/7domeniconoreply@blogger.com