Jay comments on Another Call to End Aid to Africa - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jay 03 April 2009 09:12:23PM 1 point [-]

Logic and pity are by no means conflicting. Pity drives people to try to help Africans. Logic and evidence, when avalaible, show the results from any particular intervention. If people keep acting in a counterproductive manner, inertia and/or politics are running the show, not pity.