tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post2061390024218844142..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: How similar are Carl Sagan and Milton Friedman?Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-38984021468660510042013-07-25T07:16:16.762-04:002013-07-25T07:16:16.762-04:00According to me, far deeper similarities bind thes...According to me, far deeper similarities bind these two gentlemen. They both assumed that people are generally motivated by good intentions; they both assumed that people have the intellectual capacity to understand the issues being discussed; and they both accepted the right of an individual to hold an opinion different from them. This helped them keep their arguments and persuasions objective and focus on the issue rather than the person. Both, exceedingly respectful of others, continue to set the benchmark for how public advocacy and debates should be conducted.Rishit Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551822904122975549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-10600806678948998922012-01-09T23:38:43.269-05:002012-01-09T23:38:43.269-05:00Mark, would you believe that when you wrote this c...Mark, would you believe that when you wrote this comment, I was writing a different post that references the same Carl Sagan book?<br /><br />I love that chapter, but I took his point as to say that scientists should just be allowed to play and not be expected to create something immediately useful. I would expect he supports government-funding science in a way Friedman would not.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-7052123226820797822012-01-09T23:12:40.810-05:002012-01-09T23:12:40.810-05:00In 'Maxwell and the Nerds', a chapter in &...In 'Maxwell and the Nerds', a chapter in 'Demon Haunted World', Sagan shows that he holds the same belief about innovation and lack of government interference. In talking about how government control interferes with science, he outlines how scientists allowed to pursue their own interests freely, rather than being commanded by a despot/dictator to make a certain devices benefits society as a whole.Marknoreply@blogger.com