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

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 September 2012 12:37:06PM 2 points [-]

Briefly checked it, and it looks like straw-economics to me. (I stopped reading at the point where they claimed that economists assume no barriers to entry.)

Comment author: [deleted] 12 September 2012 03:11:44PM 0 points [-]

They quote economists frequently, though admittedly beyond the first instance of the phrase "barriers to entry" which is about five paragraphs into section C.1.