Strange7 comments on Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence - Less Wrong

54 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 August 2007 08:34PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 26 August 2013 03:27:45PM 3 points [-]

We aren't doing it already because the Bad People have power and if we did it, it would frustrate their Evil (or at least Morally Suspect) Purposes. Frustrating such purposes doesn't count as a downside. Depending on who you are talking to, taking money from rich people, allowing people who make stupid choices to die, or preventing foreigners who want to from entering your country isn't just a bad thing that's outweighed by its good consequences; it simply doesn't warrant an entry in the "costs" column at all.