fburnaby comments on How not to move the goalposts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fburnaby 14 June 2011 01:33:43PM 3 points [-]

This makes me think of Steven Pinker's argument in the blank slate. Don't argue against racism/sexism/etc by claiming that that all races/sexes/etc are identical. They could turn out not to be identical, yet racism/sexism/etc would still be wrong.