Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Privileging the Question - Less Wrong

102 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 29 April 2013 06:30PM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 May 2013 05:40:17AM *  4 points [-]

I think it's plausible that immigration policy is in fact an important question but less plausible that that's why people talk about it. (Similarly, a privileged hypothesis need not be wrong.)

Comment author: Jack 01 May 2013 02:51:12PM 1 point [-]

xv15's point is actually really really standard among public intellectuals and elites.

Comment author: xv15 01 May 2013 11:12:58AM -1 points [-]

Sure.