wedrifid comments on Circular Altruism vs. Personal Preference - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 26 October 2009 07:09:12AM 0 points [-]

Is the decision that leads to 3,000 deaths similar to the decision to use natural gas heat instead of oil heat? Gas explosions do kill people, after all...

All else being equal (risks of oil heat?), yes.

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