tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post4302011298170806754..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: AVI In the News@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-58655449382841316032011-07-05T12:52:23.081-04:002011-07-05T12:52:23.081-04:00Fact checking can be useful but only if your corre...Fact checking can be useful but only if your correspondent believes in facts.<br /><br />Personally, I find the best discussion technique is to make predictions. "If we adopt your position, would not X happen?"<br /><br />The test of a scientific theory is basically, can it make predictions and do they pass that test?<br /><br />Of course, people will deny allowing untoward predictions but it will plant a seed of doubt.<br /><br />For example, "Let's let every woman be paid by the government if she has children. What would happen?"<br /><br />A conservative would predict lots of unwed mothers and fatherless children, men without families once there is no need to support them, etc.<br /><br />What would a liberal predict? Surely, it wouldn't make much sense.Whitehallnoreply@blogger.com