Comment Re:That's the real question here (Score 1) 754
You've got to be kidding. Since careful analysis and research has nothing to do with how average people make decisions in their daily lives, insisting that government decisions be driven by careful analysis and research is tantamount to just turning the country over to an uncaring, common-sense-lacking elite.
What people want the government to do (including those here on Slashdot, apparently) is to make decisions based on snap judgements. If 6-year-olds are getting run over by cars backing up, obviously the problem is the driver (especially helpful because this doesn't lead to any solutions at all). Never mind that it's hard to see a 6-year-old out the back of a car; even a sedan. It's better for there to be no real solution, since the possibility of a solution might entangle us in annoying moral obligations.