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multifoliaterose comments on (Some) politicians might be more rational than they appear. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: multifoliaterose 04 October 2010 04:25:45AM 4 points [-]

I agree with the main point of this post.

Still undecided about whether so strong a statement as

The incentives are mad, but at least for now overt hypocrisy (and actual competence) is more common than sincere idiocy in Congress.

is true (don't have enough data to know), but could easily imagine it being so.