to be clear: i am not aware of a living philosopher or public speaker that i would agree with on more than half of their statements. if you sort through this, i'm pretty critical of almost everybody. if you can get to 30-40% agreement, you're doing unusually well.

but, if such a public speaker were to exist, they would be more along the lines of a dawkins-type character, but with a stronger embrace of stochastics and a stronger embrace of kropotkin. i think dawkins is a liberal in a hurry, but i'd hurry him up even more.

don't pretend otherwise, please.