billswift comments on (Moral) Truth in Fiction? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 10 February 2009 04:07:41AM 0 points [-]

"But those peripheral argument will still be about things that in some sense matter, as opposed to say, midichlorians."

Of course they are. That's why they distract so strongly from the central point.

Why would anyone argue about midi-chlorians? The "explanation" of Jedi powers in that movie detracted from the Star Wars universe.