drethelin comments on Open thread, Sep. 21 - Sep. 27, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 21 September 2015 11:39:01PM 4 points [-]

Yes, but political campaigning is not how the government pays attention to existential risks. Whether a Democrat or a Republican is in the oval office has little bearing on whether NORAD is getting re-purposed to track asteroids.