Stuart_Armstrong comments on The Scales of Justice, the Notebook of Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 14 March 2007 11:38:42AM 0 points [-]

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.