Luke_A_Somers comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zubon 25 September 2015 12:29:31PM 0 points [-]

I am not saying we should discard our intuitions about relative outrage, but we ought to look at them more closely rather than just riding them to a quick conclusion.

Tyler Cowen, "Just How Guilty Is Volkswagon?"

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 25 September 2015 06:58:19PM 0 points [-]

For reference, the notions of relative outrage are between deliberate and accidental harm, and in particular that as the magnitude of the problem grows, it makes less and less difference.

Also, how does a post with 0 votes end up lower on the page under the 'best' criterion than a post at -8 points????

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