Stuart_Armstrong comments on The Scales of Justice, the Notebook of Rationality - Less Wrong
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this may be the result of a useful heuristic
Another heuristic may be our habit of expecting some sources - say, newspapers - to present the arguments pro and agaisnt the issue ("this will clean up the beach, but costs money"). If they say "this will produce more waste" and leave it at that, we may assume that's the only way the reactor is different.