OrphanWilde comments on When considering incentives, consider the incentives of all parties - Less Wrong

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 01 June 2016 11:24:50PM 0 points [-]

Real-world hypotheticals are often made with hidden purposes in mind. It may end up being a good idea to fight the hypothetical, when faced with the tactic of stating claims about real things as "hypotheticals" in order to get the audience to avoid questioning them.

Simply: I disagree.