tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post2369453051331653773..comments2023-07-26T04:57:49.656-07:00Comments on A Hal of a Blog (By Hal Lillywhite): Trust the Experts?Hal Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-45826215908068754562009-08-05T10:27:24.785-07:002009-08-05T10:27:24.785-07:00I've read Freakonomics but long enough ago tha...I've read Freakonomics but long enough ago that my memory of it is hazy. I do remember thinking that it wasn't up to Sowell's standards (but then not much is).Hal Lillywhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-48868848160383183112009-08-05T00:06:12.541-07:002009-08-05T00:06:12.541-07:00I look to Thomas Sowell to illuminate many issues ...I look to Thomas Sowell to illuminate many issues that I might grapple with. He seems to be able to attack a problem without the usual one sided approach.<br />Another interesting look at economic issues is Freakonomics. Wonder if you have read it?Bobkatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388159713103123175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-90693650989403460332009-08-04T15:23:50.713-07:002009-08-04T15:23:50.713-07:00PS. I don't think the TV/movie showing husban...PS. I don't think the TV/movie showing husband and wife in the same bed had any effect. Children already knew their parents slept together so it was rather silly to show them in separate beds. However the promiscuous behavior now shown as normal probably has had an effect though the "sexual revolution" started well before that became common on TV. It started time-coincident with the push for sex education in the schools as Sowell documents. It only accelerated with the current lack of entertainment standards.<br /><br />Time coincidence does not prove cause and effect, but when disease and teen pregnancy were decreasing and start to increase at the same time that sex ed is taking off you have to think there may be a connection.<br /><br />Add to that the fact that many sex educators had as their goal giving kids the right attitude about sex rather than reducing their sexual behavior and there is heavy evidence of cause and effect. (This last also documented in the book.)Hal Lillywhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-10941523838379568342009-08-04T15:17:31.327-07:002009-08-04T15:17:31.327-07:00Yes, I do present myself as a consultant. However...Yes, I do present myself as a consultant. However I ask clients to apply the critical thinking I advocate on this blog and specifically say that I'm there to help them, not to make decisions for them. My goal is to help them see all aspects of a decision and think carefully about it.Hal Lillywhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-3628689635819737352009-08-04T12:01:49.239-07:002009-08-04T12:01:49.239-07:00Interesting points Dad, but aren't you setting...Interesting points Dad, but aren't you setting yourself up as a "consultant"--with no real experience or proof of your ability to help? <br /> <br />However i have absolutely seen what well-intentioned (or well bribed) legislators have done with education and medicine--two controversial topics which should be addressed by experts in their own respective fields, not just whomever has garnered our vote. <br /><br />Interesting points. As for teen sex--this was also a time when the media became more liberal, was allowed to show a husband & wife sleeping in the same bed (think back to i love lucy) and so forth. Every problem is so multifaceted it's a wonder we get anything done.My Voice Marshfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876347752651946071noreply@blogger.com