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sketerpot comments on How Greedy Bastards Have Saved More Lives Than Mother Theresa Ever Did - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: sketerpot 05 December 2010 09:08:29PM *  2 points [-]

Some people might not even read it (because they assume they already know it's full of ideological drivel saying nothing they haven't heard a dozen times before), or argue against it based on the title and not the contents (which is unfotunately common on the internet).

I don't dispute that. The real question here is, will the title attract more readers than a more descriptive, less Objectivist-sounding title? I suspect that it will; titles like this are called "linkbait" for a reason.