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Comment author: waitingforgodel 10 December 2010 06:29:00PM 3 points [-]

You throw some scary ideas around. Try this one on for size. This post of yours has caused me to revise my probability of the proposition "the best solution to some irrational precommitments is murder" from Pascal's-wager levels (indescribably improbable) to 0.01%.

There are some people who agree with you (the best way to block legislation is to kill the people who come up with it).

I'd say that since I've only been talking about doing things well within my legal rights (using the legal system), that talking about murdering me is a bit "cultish"...

Comment author: shokwave 10 December 2010 06:55:45PM 0 points [-]

The expected value of murder in any case only comes out positive if there are more than 7,000 people on average at risk from the action - which will happen when there are 7 billion people on the planet and I am 100% convinced the actor is going to perform the action once, OR there are 6.5 billion people on the planet and I am 54% convinced the actor is going to perform the action twice, OR 6.5 billion, 36% sure of three actions... etc.

I'd say that since I've only been talking about doing things well within my legal rights (using the legal system), that talking about murdering me is a bit "cultish"...

I can't speak for the legal system but "one death for 6570 lives" vs "6570 deaths for one blog post" speaks for itself.

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