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SarahC comments on Politics is a fact of life - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 23 January 2011 08:11:32PM 2 points [-]

Because some people, otherwise valuable and great to have around, will disapprove of someone as soon as they know he/she is interested in politics. They can't help seeing that as a mark of bad character.

I don't know of anyone who thinks "I can't respect her; she has this thing about AI."