gjm comments on Jews and Nazis: a version of dust specks vs torture - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 01 February 2016 10:38:43AM 0 points [-]

Relevant: Could Nazi Germany seeding the first modern anti-tobacco movement have resulted in an overall net gain in public utility till date?

Comment author: gjm 01 February 2016 03:23:38PM 0 points [-]

Is there any reason to think that the Nazi's anti-smoking campaign actually influenced later ones in Germany or elsewhere very much?

(I think there are much stronger candidates for ways in which the Nazis produced good as well as harm -- e.g., scientific progress motivated by WW2. But there's a lot of harm to weigh against.)