My model of you just broke, and I don’t feel any less confused about the meaning of your comment. (My current hypothesis is that it was a joke/satire that I didn’t recognize as such.)
My best guess is that it was a (not very good IMO) joke that can be expanded as follows: according to the study, libertarianism is correlated with being better at abstract, analytical reasoning; so since the article writeup has an unnoticed contradiction, the writer must not be a libertarian, according to the very study being described.
Though given how you describe yourself as kind of straddling the line there, I suppose whether you describe yourself as “libertarian” or not might depend on how, when, and by whom you’re asked.
given how you describe yourself as kind of straddling the line there, I suppose whether you describe yourself as “libertarian” or not might depend on how, when, and by whom you’re asked.
How would a journalist from say the New York Times describe your political views if he full had access to them?
Isn’t this one of those good, solid digs we should be avoiding?
Nope, I’m not a libertarian.
My model of you just broke, and I don’t feel any less confused about the meaning of your comment. (My current hypothesis is that it was a joke/satire that I didn’t recognize as such.)
My best guess is that it was a (not very good IMO) joke that can be expanded as follows: according to the study, libertarianism is correlated with being better at abstract, analytical reasoning; so since the article writeup has an unnoticed contradiction, the writer must not be a libertarian, according to the very study being described.
That surprises me, given your comments here.
Though given how you describe yourself as kind of straddling the line there, I suppose whether you describe yourself as “libertarian” or not might depend on how, when, and by whom you’re asked.
Yep.
How would a journalist from say the New York Times describe your political views if he full had access to them?