Nisan comments on Biohacking in New York, Cybernetics and first Cyborg Hate Crime: theverge.com - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nisan 11 August 2012 07:54:50AM 1 point [-]

Fair enough. On-topic, I feel the most relevant fact is how many people would get hurt if anesthesia were legal.

Comment author: aelephant 11 August 2012 10:43:24AM 1 point [-]

If that's the downside of Anesthesia being legal, you need to also weigh the benefits on the scale. I imagine it would probably be much cheaper & easier to get, therefore it would be more widely used and many more people could avoid pain if they wanted to.

Comment author: Nisan 12 August 2012 09:13:56AM 1 point [-]

Good point; I agree that the expected benefit is an equally relevant fact.

Comment author: Maelin 13 August 2012 02:23:34AM 0 points [-]

I really genuinely love that this is a community where exchanges like this can occur, and everyone can get back to the discussion immediately with no hard feelings. Upvoted both for a well-handled misunderstanding.