Take the Political Typology Quiz

[Sardines]

 

[Safetydan]

Everyone choose the same thing on this one? What the hell kind of question is that?

Actually I prefer the person making the policy decision to have as little knowledge about the policy being made as possible.

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I ended up choosing that because the question is framed so terribly.
A more accurate response is that an expert, on average, will be right more often than an uneducated person. However, a lot of the time, established "wisdom" often holds us back from moving forward. We need experts, yes. But, the assumptions that are the foundation of current dogma need to be challenged frequently.

One example would be the current popular understanding of Economics.

As a student of economics, I found this Youtube Channel intriguing as he takes a critical look at popular economic theories and how economics is used in public policy

Unlearning Economics

I am an academic economist from the UK who has long been critical of the economics profession and how economics is used in public policy. Mostly the channel will cover economics with a critical perspective but I aim to educate people about economics in the process, so I'll try to explain key...

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[MTS]

 

[fishonjazz]

This poll is obviously wrong. I often hear that this site is a bunch of lefty Democrats.

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[gandalfe]

Everyone choose the same thing on this one? What the hell kind of question is that?

Actually I prefer the person making the policy decision to have as little knowledge about the policy being made as possible.

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Now I'm picturing Salman Rushdie as the new coach for the Jazz.

 

[Safetydan]

Happily a Faith and Flag Conservative.

How do you even get that? LMAO

 

[Sardines]

How do you even get that? LMAO

In my opinion you start be being a generally gross person.

 

[infection]

I got ambivalent right but if there was a small amount of nuance to numerous questions, it would have completely swung the way I answered it. There were too many questions that were meant to be a litmus test (or meant to discriminate [in psychological testing terms]) that tended to try to separate this into more narrowly conceived categories. I believe most people here would perhaps agree with my reasoning when we're talking about principles or the 'how' of approaching a problem, but I'm quite certain most would vehemently disagree with me on the actual applications and what that would look like when thrown into a political equation.

 

[infection]

Taking the quiz again with an accurate answer on the one I was inaccurate on to see if the result changes. BTW the question that says "In general, would you say experts who study a subject for many years are… " did anyone actually choose that they are worse at making good policy decisions about that subject? wtf. I figure probably everyone choose the answer that they are usually better at making policy decisions on that subject.

After retaking the quiz but adjusting my answer on the question about how warm I am toward democrats vs republicans my result was the same. Ambivalent right.

I answered that it would neither be better nor worse. I feel that most of the time it's a wash, that while there are numerous positive things that come about, the neglect to other big picture issues tends to negate a lot of those potential positives. Overall it has the potential of a higher ceiling, but the other side of that coin is that it also has the reality of a possible lower floor.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I was told JFC is a political echo chamber, but it looks pretty diverse to me.

 

[fishonjazz]

I answered that it would neither be better nor worse. I feel that most of the time it's a wash, that while there are numerous positive things that come about, the neglect to other big picture issues tends to negate a lot of those potential positives. Overall it has the potential of a higher ceiling, but the other side of that coin is that it also has the reality of a possible lower floor.

Just saying. If I'm having heart surgery then I prefer it be done by the expert rather than the outside the box creative thinker or whatever option isn't the expert.

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[infection]

Just saying. If I'm having heart surgery then I prefer it be done by the expert rather than the outside the box creative thinker or whatever option isn't the expert.

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I agree with you on that but the question was surrounding making public policy decisions regarding a particular topic, which I would view as two very separate things. Someone with expertise is good in their area of expertise, but that doesn’t necessarily mean taking into account all the other things that need to be looked at within public policy is also within their expertise. My previous post is in relation to that latter portion.