NancyLebovitz comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 September 2012 09:11:05AM 5 points [-]

My imaginary anti-porn feminist (while not ignoring working conditions for porn actors (and possibly having some concern about whether "actors" reliably includes women)) is much more concerned about the effect on male viewers-- that they will be strengthening a habit of only seeing women as potential porn-like entities. If the anti-porn feminist spoke LW, they'd phrase it as availability bias.

A pro-porn feminist discusses some problems caused by porn.

Comment author: cousin_it 04 September 2012 11:29:05AM *  2 points [-]

Thanks, your explanation makes more sense. The evidence for it seems inconclusive, so I won't switch to being anti-porn, but at least it's an understandable human reaction.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 September 2012 11:32:43AM *  1 point [-]

People tend to be overconfident about their model of the world when they're angry.

Comment author: cousin_it 04 September 2012 11:36:53AM 1 point [-]

Yes, you're right of course. Sorry for editing my comment.