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gwern comments on An Abortion Dialogue - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: gwern 12 February 2011 01:20AM

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Comment author: gwern 24 January 2013 05:21:55PM 2 points [-]

More discussion of where, exactly, such a line should be drawn. I'm not saying he shouldn't have bitten it eventually, mind.

If you draw the line anywhere, you've bitten the bullet. The rest is just applied economics - as the joke about the woman goes, we've already established what Apologist is and now that'd just be setting his price.

Comment author: MugaSofer 25 January 2013 09:20:02AM -2 points [-]

True. You didn't make that point in the dialog, however, which is a shame because it's a good one. (I am not a fan of infanticide.)

Comment author: gwern 25 January 2013 05:33:19PM 1 point [-]

I'll add some version of that, then, since you like it.