Prakash comments on Superhero Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prakash 02 December 2007 05:47:12AM 0 points [-]

Anne,

Examples where some lives might have to be sacrificed is placebo groups for potentially life saving drugs. If you don't have the placebo group, the efficacy of the medicine cannot be known for certain, putting lives of many people potentially at risk. But those in the placebo group are goners, for sure. Correct me if I am wrong.