12-18-2021, 08:21 AM
(12-17-2021, 09:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(12-17-2021, 06:53 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: So is that why Reagan turned his back on everything his predecessor tried to accomplish, totally ignoring environmental concerns upon taking office, including (in)famously removing solar panels from the White House. This is where the disregard for what appears to be proven science began.
He was not a very good civic hero, it appears.
Actually, he had an old and inappropriate view of the world and the personality and skill to sell it. After all, he had starred in Westerns, the ultimate libertarian stories of the 20th century, and swallowed the idea of idividualism hook, line and sinker. He thought he was doing right -- odd given his role as labor leader in his ealier days.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.