Not a fan of Krugman, but good to see him here. Lex is doing a great job in building bridges. I would love to see more outliers within the spectrum of discourse as well.,(reply>)," Erik Schafer I got to the portion of the interview you mentioned where you say Paul chalks up differing viewpoints to people claiming that the Earth is flat. <br><br>It’s at <a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJQepiqSWvg&amp;t=37m45s"">37:45</a>", and he doesn’t actually say that. He was referencing a hyperbolic line he wrote during the 2000 election season criticizing the news media’s tendency to report on every dispute as if both sides had equal standing, to the point that an assertion that the Earth was flat would get the same treatment.,(reply>), M J Ah — mentioning “TDS” as if it’s an actual affliction, not a concoction purely of one side of the political aisle. And literally discounting the prestige of the Nobel Prize because one of the prizes in an entirely different category was given to a politician you didn’t like eleven years ago.<br><br>When Lex was suggesting that certain closed-minded, hyperpartisan listeners unsubscribe, you probably should have taken the hint.,(reply>), @TheReferrer But if you read him and listen to him, it's clear he doesn't put any effort in to understand, think about, or internalize other viewpoints.  In other words, I think it's clear he <b>doesn't</b> listen to other viewpoints and just dismisses them offhand because he's become a tribal pundit.  The position he's in almost totally insulates him from needing to address criticism or disagreement and so, well, here we are.,(reply>), @TheReferrer I mean a really easy bone to pick with him in this interview is how, in the segment about civil discourse, he endorses the idea that viewpoints he doesn't agree with amount to saying 'the earth is flat'.  He generally dismisses challenging viewpoints and doesn't do much intellectual work in trying to understand them.  He's also often very very wrong, and spends a lot of time trying to avoid admitting to it  He's basically a political pundit that was once an economist.,(reply>), @TheReferrer - You mean besides the fact that he suffers from OMB and TDS? And does calling someone a Nobel prize winner mean much after they gave one to The Great O?