Wednesday, April 04, 2007

WHY THE WINGNUTS HURT AMERICA

The April 2007 Mckinsey Quarterly has a brief article that applies to more than the business world:

See the world through probabilities


Faced with this basic uncertainty, wise managers approach problems as interlocking probabilities. Their objective is not to find keys to guaranteed success but to improve the odds through a thoughtful consideration of factors.

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...the goal should be gathering accurate information and subjecting it to careful scrutiny in order to improve the odds of success.



The wingnuts deliberately avoid spreading accurate information and they are allergic to careful scrutiny.

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