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I do not fancy I know what I do not know*

By Armen

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Prof. Somin of the VC links to the handy poll results below.

He is surprised by how little people know about the issues based on the percentage of people who claim they need more information. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Given the modern news-cycle, it's really hard to have informed knowledge about a lot of things other than Britney's sister getting pregnant. I think the more revealing numbers are the LOW percentages for certain key issues: abortion, gay marriage, faith and values, and the war in Iraq. The opinions are essentially formed on these issues and there is no budging. The voters in Iowa will in all likelihood vote based on these issues that they are firmly wedded to and not really sweat about Sen. Dodd having a better proposal about the nation's long-term debt.

* Socrates said this after he basically harassed all the other professions and realized that they pretend they know everything but in reality they know nothing. I make no comment whether law professors fall under this category.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on December 21, 2007 (boomark / email).