PhilGoetz comments on Action vs. inaction - Less Wrong

7 Post author: PhilGoetz 30 November 2009 06:10PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 01 December 2009 12:30:40AM 0 points [-]

Again, there does appear to be lots of medical over-treatment so I'm not so sure your claim is true.

How about this: In health, the government sees action as inherently dangerous; while in economics, it sees inaction as inherently dangerous.