Robert Manne tells us that it’s not a question of what to believe but who to believe. However, if Robert Manne isn’t someone to be believed, we shouldn’t believe him when he tells us that. Should we?
How do we know that he’s someone to be believed? Maybe there’s someone else who can tell us that Robert Manne is someone to believe. But how do we know we can believe that person? Ask Robert Manne, perhaps?
I could go on in this tedious manner for some time.
The unwritten foundation for Manne’s argument is an assumption (or, dare I say, a belief) that he is one of the people we should believe. The logical lacuna in this argument is bigger than the hole left by the ice shelf falling off Antarctica.
The bottom line is that Manne is telling us that we needn’t worry our tiny minds with big issues. Instead, we should outsource our thinking to a big brain like him and the people he tells us we should believe.
Why? Because he’s one of the ones we can believe.
Just ask him.
Unbefreakinlievable!
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