NancyLebovitz comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 November 2012 10:39:33PM 1 point [-]

The interesting question isn't just who has the worst fringe (let alone who has the worst fringe that's shown up here), it's who's likely to get enough political power to do significant damage.

Comment author: Emile 28 November 2012 10:47:30PM 1 point [-]

You mean political power here, or in general?

If it's here, I'm not very concerned about that; I'm more concerned about evaporative cooling, or outrage and indignation becoming acceptable modes of communication, or contemporary political issues becoming more prevalant than outlandish scenarios.

If it's in general, eh, I must admit I don't care that much, I don't have very strong opinions on who of "the left" or "the right" does the most damage when they're elected; I don't expect high value of information from looking at that, the whole field is polluted with partisan politics. I find figuring out what people agree and disagree on much more interesting.