About jfocoelho

jfocoelho

Location:

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Joined on:

11/01/07

Occupation:

Civil Servant

Contact:

jfoc@tj.rj.gov.br

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  Technology

  response to  WillSea's post Psychohistory redux

  Ethics, that's the point

  And let us not forget Hannah Arendt's advice on the rationality of technocrats ("On Violence"): it's all true, once you don't question the founding assumptions.

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  Commented on November 1, 2007 by - jfocoelho

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  Politics

  Bueno de Mesquita's suggestion on the Middle East

  The accuracy and crudeness of the analyses which result of the mathematical approach to social phenomena are only rivaled by the sense of wonder they cause on us untrained readers, exactly because it is possible to hint at their consistency, even without understanding how conclusions came up. Still, the assumptions from which the reasoning begins are chosen by scientists, and for that one has to rely on opinion, at least in part. So, there is space for "ideologists", I guess, or perhaps social scientists will retain this characteristic in their education, even if rational choice-oriented. As for the Israeli-Palestinian suggestion, I wonder who should make a first move towards the sharing of tourism revenues, and what is the role of the media in spreading news about policy results on violence, good or bad? Great piece.

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  Posted on November 1, 2007 by - jfocoelho

• The New Nostradamus

  Authored by Michael A.M. Lerner and Ethan Hill - 17 votes