“Libertarianism and Science are similar in the sense that they put more faith in processes than in people.”
Science doesn’t seem to me to need or benefit from a “libertarian” connection. It’s more reputable than libertarianism, and for good reason, in my observation. If one wants to bring science into the public policy space, then one should scientifically determine what we want to do with public policy (maximize HA’s persistence odds, of course), and scientifically determine the best way to accomplish that (an empirical question). Not sure what role is left for libertarianism, socialism, republicanism, fascism, etc. except in the coincidences where their policy prescriptions happen to overlap with that scientific determination.
“Libertarianism and Science are similar in the sense that they put more faith in processes than in people.”
Science doesn’t seem to me to need or benefit from a “libertarian” connection. It’s more reputable than libertarianism, and for good reason, in my observation. If one wants to bring science into the public policy space, then one should scientifically determine what we want to do with public policy (maximize HA’s persistence odds, of course), and scientifically determine the best way to accomplish that (an empirical question). Not sure what role is left for libertarianism, socialism, republicanism, fascism, etc. except in the coincidences where their policy prescriptions happen to overlap with that scientific determination.