matt comments on Utilons vs. Hedons - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Psychohistorian 10 August 2009 07:20PM

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Comment author: matt 12 August 2009 02:50:30AM *  2 points [-]

In general industrialized economies have better health, lifespan, standard of living and etc. You seem to be paying attention only to the negative side effects of your manufactured goods.

(That graph is not proof. Correlation is not causation. This is a short comment that makes a small point. Go easy on me.)

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 12 August 2009 06:22:20AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but I acknowledged that possibility in my asterisk turned bullet point (thanks, markup).

Comment author: Cyan 12 August 2009 12:25:47PM *  1 point [-]

To get the asterisk back, use " \* " instead of " * ".