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To: tekboy who wrote (30621)	5/24/2002 3:36:09 PM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

The first is that one's own views will be less well-informed and sensible than they should be. The second reason is that events will generally surprise you, because your mental map of the world will be incorrect. Bravo, tb. Nice post. --fl

To: tekboy who wrote (30621)	5/24/2002 3:38:59 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Divide things up into facts, informed judgments, and opinions. Tek, I'll just pass this one up, after a couple of quick comments. First, I don't find that texts divide themselves that neatly. But a serious discussion of that would take us much too far afield for this thread. Second, I, apparently, am much more concerned about the frames "expert" policy makers bring to their proposals, writing, etc., than you are. It's very important to me to know what they are; just as it is for columnists. If reading is, at least partially, about silences (we've had this conversation before, I think), that is one of the things I look for. I know what sort of silences are likely to be present in a Novak column, a Safire column, a Krugman column and can read accordingly. My latest educational venture is to be able to do the same for the foreign policy establishment. Oh, yes, one of those silences came into prominent play for me with the conversation about Ajami within the last two or three days.