Comments on: What do you want to ask the candidates?

By: Bluestone

Bluestone — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:46:54 +0000

Presuming Mitt Romney receives the nomination, I would pose the following question to both him and President Obama:

Gentlemen, what would be your best guess of how many generations ago you had a relative, family member in common?

By: Cornflower

Cornflower — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:47:40 +0000

I second the comment of Besomyka. What is the basis of scientific claims or repudiations that each candidate uses or will use to form opinions, beliefs, or policy?

By: Besomyka

Besomyka — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:28:44 +0000

I’d want to know what their epistemology is. When you tell us some fact, or claim that you know something, what sort foundation do you feel you need to have in order to make those claims? Is seeing it on the internet somewhere once enough? Is having a non-expert, or discredited expert validate the information enough? Is consultation with an expert enough? How much evidence do you need before you decide something is true? What do you consider evidence?

I want to know how these people come to understand the world, because the nonsense that is coming out of their mouths, the number of out right bald faced lies that Romney said in his speech Tuesday night, baffles me.

By: bks

bks — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:11:09 +0000

Here’s mine:

Health care costs are dominated by the last year of life. How can we encourage Americans to die with dignity?

–bks