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JewishAtheist suggests Opposite Day:
I was thinking it might be fun to have an opposite day, where the atheists do their best to argue that theism is correct and the theists do their best to argue that atheism is correct. Perhaps some Jews can argue that Christianity is correct and vice versa. The point is to get you to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see what the logic looks like from that side.
It'll only work if you really try, though. You must resist mocking or parodying the position you're supposed to be fighting for.
I'll open up the comments, and let you suggest a topic where I should blog the opposite of my point of view. Three mentions wins it (the standard rule these days), and of course it has to be a topic where I might plausibly have a point of view. Nor can you force me into a repugnant or embarrassing position ("we should kill all members of group X,"), and so on.
I don't want to have the wrong impression carved into Google forever, devoid of this context, so "my good friend Tyrone" will actually write the post. My father wanted to name me that, but my mom had the good sense to resist and so Tyler it was.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on March 9, 2006 at 07:48 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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» Caplan, Bryan. 2007. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. from EconLog
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Comments
Minimum wage laws.
Posted by: Brock at Mar 9, 2006 7:50:12 AM
Outsourcing.
Posted by: Zac at Mar 9, 2006 7:56:29 AM
Cultural protectionism.
Posted by: Michael Yuri at Mar 9, 2006 8:11:53 AM
Cultural protectionism.
Posted by: Cisco at Mar 9, 2006 8:13:30 AM
Universal health care.
Posted by: Andrew at Mar 9, 2006 8:16:30 AM
Universal Health Care
Posted by: Craig at Mar 9, 2006 8:29:41 AM
Minimum wage laws.
Posted by: OneEyedMan at Mar 9, 2006 8:30:04 AM
McDonalds for Dining
Posted by: David Stevens at Mar 9, 2006 8:31:34 AM
McDonalds for Dining
Posted by: Tice at Mar 9, 2006 8:40:24 AM
minimum wage laws
Posted by: Daniel Strauss Vasques at Mar 9, 2006 8:43:30 AM
Why Socialism Works
Posted by: Michiel de Mare at Mar 9, 2006 9:07:44 AM
We have a winner...minimum wages
Posted by: Bill Griffiths at Mar 9, 2006 9:21:11 AM
Combovers
Posted by: Samson at Mar 9, 2006 9:22:02 AM
Universal healthcare next
Posted by: Roland at Mar 9, 2006 9:27:14 AM
The merits of naming one's children "Tyler".
Posted by: eddie at Mar 9, 2006 9:34:35 AM
Shaq has a lot of good years left
Posted by: Kevin at Mar 9, 2006 9:57:04 AM
The limits of growth.
Posted by: joshg at Mar 9, 2006 10:04:15 AM
Reasons for cultural pessimis
Posted by: JS at Mar 9, 2006 10:14:42 AM
The 'Real' unemployment rate is significantly higher than the stated one.
Posted by: Bruce Cleaver at Mar 9, 2006 10:46:24 AM
College basketball is superior to the NBA.
Posted by: R.J. Lehmann at Mar 9, 2006 11:26:35 AM
Human beings have free will.
Posted by: Bryan Caplan at Mar 9, 2006 11:40:37 AM
In order for this to REALLY work, you should create a new pseudonymous blog where you pretend to be a liberal. The goal is to attract readers to the new blog and convince them that you're a liberal.
Posted by: Half Sigma at Mar 9, 2006 11:53:43 AM
Cities building new stadiums for sports teams and giving them sweetheart leases is, actually, a really good deal for the city and its citizens.
Posted by: bob montgomery at Mar 9, 2006 12:25:06 PM
Eating at a franchise restaurant is often the better choice
Posted by: Lewis at Mar 9, 2006 12:46:03 PM
The sweetheart lease/sports team thing would be edifying, as would the franchise restaurant/McDonald's question.
I liked the idea so much I stole it for my own blog.
Posted by: robbbbbb at Mar 9, 2006 12:55:46 PM
Be it resolved that: "Absolute levels of taxation have no impact on the aggregate growth rate of an economy"
Posted by: Andrew Edwards at Mar 9, 2006 12:58:33 PM
Curling is so hot it melts ice.
Posted by: John B. Chilton at Mar 9, 2006 1:33:32 PM
Cities building new stadiums for sports teams and giving them sweetheart leases is, actually, a really good deal for the city and its citizens.
Posted by: tylerh at Mar 9, 2006 1:46:40 PM
I know I'm late, but I like McDonalds for Dining...
Posted by: rcriii at Mar 9, 2006 2:26:06 PM
"why socialism works"
"reasons for cultural pessimism"
"the real inflation rate and unemployment rate are substantially higher than the stated ones"
Posted by: michael vassar at Mar 9, 2006 2:37:35 PM
Free will
Posted by: Emma Eckstein at Mar 9, 2006 2:44:29 PM
Please, please, let it be Marxism!
Posted by: neil at Mar 9, 2006 3:59:22 PM
I did once blog on what is valuable in Marxism, try googling it.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Mar 9, 2006 4:06:35 PM
Blog on why the most important right and natural born duty of every American is to vote.
Posted by: Alex at Mar 9, 2006 4:28:46 PM
Cities building new stadiums for sports teams and giving them sweetheart leases is, actually, a really good deal for the city and its citizens.
Posted by: Paul at Mar 9, 2006 4:33:21 PM
Why Milton Friedman can stuff it.
Posted by: billy joe at Mar 9, 2006 5:49:33 PM
I don't know, as a person seeking a second undergraduate degree, Most all of my classes are Opposite Day. I have to often make arguments of positions which I do not hold.
Posted by: Kyle N at Mar 9, 2006 7:14:04 PM
Food is evil.
Speaking of which: Is Tylerone on the Washington subway BOT? He should be.
http://www.dcist.com/archives/2006/03/09/transit_on_thur_18.php
Posted by: John B. Chilton at Mar 9, 2006 9:37:16 PM
They are being way too easy on you. If you really want to practice sophistry, you might try to argue that Muhammad was an anarcho-capitalist.
Posted by: Harald Korneliussen at Mar 10, 2006 6:10:26 AM
Subject: Why no one should read (or write) blogs.
Suggested title: "On the Non-existence of Blogs". Hey, it practically writes itself!
Posted by: Han Meng at Mar 10, 2006 3:18:39 PM
All who do not accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior will be condemned to hell for eternity.
Posted by: Poster at Mar 11, 2006 11:01:35 PM
I think you should do a group blog / copmpetition the liberal blog as mentioned by Half Sigma basically with a competition to see who can write the best liberal post (non liberals only).
Or you could do it in carnival format - "carnival of the opposites"....
Maybe that is a little optimistic.
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