Luke_A_Somers comments on Torture vs Dust Specks Yet Again - Less Wrong

-2 Post author: sentientplatypus 20 August 2013 12:06PM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 22 August 2013 02:13:17AM 1 point [-]

The main argument is predicated on linearity of probability. Probability is linear. I was pointing out the way the suggested comparison does not satisfy this.