Laoch comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: Jack 16 March 2010 01:57:13AM *  44 points [-]

A partial list to compare to future record breaking attempts: Global Warming, Meredith Kercher's murder, atheism, gun control, race and IQ, Pick-up artists, cryonics, Scandinavian social welfare, nuclear deterence, sweatshops, industry bailouts, immigration, UFOs, homosexuality, polyamory, bisexuality, pedophilia, necrophilia, cannibalism, rape, 2 girls 1 cup, sex change, generalizations about promiscuity, straight men like lesbians, masochism, incest, people getting off to cartoons, people getting off to cartoons of pre-teen girls, 9/11 was an inside job, and Communism.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 26 September 2011 10:44:29AM 5 points [-]

Eugenics; that ought to be a fun one as well.

Comment author: Laoch 14 November 2013 10:30:26AM *  3 points [-]

This reminds of the supposed spectre of "designer babies".

Non-sceptic rationalist: "Oh don't do that scientific research it'll end in designer babies!!!!"

Rationalist: "So what if it does?"