http://hybridvigor.org/2008/04/18/the-absurdity-of-certainty-behind-the-theme-of-intervention/ Improving decisions and outcomes through collaboration and deliberation Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:08:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://hybridvigor.org/2008/04/18/the-absurdity-of-certainty-behind-the-theme-of-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-12483 WHY TRUSTING THE MARKET IS A SUCKER’S BET « The Hybrid Vigor Institute | hybridvigor.net Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:59:18 +0000 http://hybridvigor.net/2008/04/18/the-absurdity-of-certainty-behind-the-theme-of-intervention/#comment-12483 [...] important themes on this blog. (For example, the Times article reads like a case study of my post on “The Absurdity of Certainty.” And as I pointed out in a recent post, the notion of [...] [...] important themes on this blog. (For example, the Times article reads like a case study of my post on “The Absurdity of Certainty.” And as I pointed out in a recent post, the notion of [...]

]]> http://hybridvigor.org/2008/04/18/the-absurdity-of-certainty-behind-the-theme-of-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-12377 The Hybrid Vigor Institute | hybridvigor.net Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:32 +0000 http://hybridvigor.net/2008/04/18/the-absurdity-of-certainty-behind-the-theme-of-intervention/#comment-12377 [...] It’s a topic I’ve written on before (most recently in discussing Denise Caruso’s book, “Intervention”), but Giberson boldly goes where I didn’t dare in suggesting that “Science … has the raw material for a new religion.” But then he asks some hard questions of a scientifically rooted religion: What would this new religion be like once it became institutionalized? After all, if religion fills a genuine human need, something has to fill the hole created by its passing — something that appeals to billions of people. [...] [...] It’s a topic I’ve written on before (most recently in discussing Denise Caruso’s book, “Intervention”), but Giberson boldly goes where I didn’t dare in suggesting that “Science … has the raw material for a new religion.” But then he asks some hard questions of a scientifically rooted religion: What would this new religion be like once it became institutionalized? After all, if religion fills a genuine human need, something has to fill the hole created by its passing — something that appeals to billions of people. [...]

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