Eugine_Nier comments on Politics Discussion Thread August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 August 2012 07:26:41PM *  1 point [-]

The captains of industry are generally from families that have given their children EVERY advantage.

Um, Steve Jobs, Andrew Carnegie.

Comment author: gwern 03 August 2012 07:41:24PM 0 points [-]

"Scumbag Eugine Nier - responds to a statistical generalization with 2 famous examples."

Comment author: JGWeissman 03 August 2012 07:49:43PM 6 points [-]

responds to a statistical generalization with 2 famous examples

I agree that this is wrong.

Scumbag Eugine Nier

Even though this is obviously a joke, with an over the top reference to popular memes, it still seems counterproductive for building a strong community.

Comment author: atorm 07 January 2015 02:15:54AM 1 point [-]

Turned out true though.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 August 2012 01:55:40PM 2 points [-]

What statistics? All I see is an assertion.

Comment author: gwern 05 August 2012 03:58:23PM 3 points [-]

That captains of industry are from wealthy families? It's certainly consistent with everything I've read about the heritability of wealth and it's easy enough to supply other famous examples (eg. Bill Gates III).

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