Larks comments on Other Existential Risks - Less Wrong

32 Post author: multifoliaterose 17 August 2010 09:24PM

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Comment author: Larks 17 August 2010 10:17:04PM *  9 points [-]

Nitpick: it's not quite tautological, as he asserts that at least one* person exists in each category. It is only a tautology that everyone fits into one of them, not that they're all non-empty.

*or two, depending on your interpretation of 'some'.

Comment author: bentarm 17 August 2010 11:28:18PM 10 points [-]

I don't think this is a Nitpick - I think this explains why the statement is included in the original post in the first place - to point out that there is a wide variety of position that LW readers hold on these statements.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 17 August 2010 11:41:22PM 1 point [-]

Nice subtlety (at least one).