shminux comments on Any existential risk angles to the US presidential election? - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 September 2012 09:44AM

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Comment author: aaronde 20 September 2012 02:56:10PM *  0 points [-]

Only in their rhetoric, which is at most weakly correlated with their actual policy decisions.

Yes, but in this case, the rhetoric matters. I believe this was Stuart's point. If we want to raise the "sanity waterline", then, all else being equal, saner political dialog is a good thing. Right?

Comment author: shminux 20 September 2012 03:28:33PM -1 points [-]

saner political dialog

oxymoron.

Comment author: faul_sname 20 September 2012 10:26:58PM 3 points [-]

No, sane political dialog is an oxymoron. Saner political dialog isn't, just as "bigger shrimp" isn't.