Comments on: Explaining Mitt: An hypothesis

By: Howard Weaver

Howard Weaver — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:35:28 +0000

Whoa, your mnemonics and reminders are great. I can think of many occasions where I could have used that kind of help.

By: Andy Weinberger (yes, I am related)

Andy Weinberger (yes, I am related) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:32:10 +0000

Maybe that explains his bizarre comments saying that emergency rooms should continue to provide care for the uninsured. He has, obviously, never gone to an ER for a cold, a gastrointestinal infection or other “routine” problem that is better cared for by your own physician. ERs are not meant to be the place for these problems-they are, after all, called EMERGENCY Rooms and are best suited to care for major emergencies. ER care results in no followup by the same medical team that saw the initial problem and is extraordinarily expensive. They also can bill for services which could leave a patient in debt for a long time. Romney does not get it, or pretends he does not.

By: Hanan Cohen

Hanan Cohen — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:38:10 +0000

Aspergers?

By: Luis

Luis — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:31:32 +0000

A theory perhaps less susceptible to Occam’s razor is that he simply doesn’t know much about other people’s contexts – it is Garbage In, Garbage Out. His co-workers before he became a full-time politician were, like him, are all in the 5%. Mormons are slightly above average in income generally (and Massachusetts Mormons are probably well above average, like the rest of the state). And of course he’s been a member of the political and educational elite his entire life, so his casual acquaintances through social and educational contexts are also likely to be very well off. And we know most people in situations like that tend to get very skewed ideas of what the average is. Add in the conservative epistemic closure, and even a fairly reasonable person would have a hard time understanding how the other half lives.