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

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Comment author: roystgnr 20 September 2012 09:16:44PM 5 points [-]

Note that what we want isn't just a President who would be likely to forgive a "finger slip", but a President who is believed by other nuclear powers to be unlikely to forgive one. I'm not sure it's possible to deliberately select that combination.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 20 September 2012 10:05:40PM 1 point [-]

I'm reasonably confident that the percentage of people I consider unlikely to forgive a finger slip who have that combination is higher than the percentage of people I consider likely to forgive a finger slip.