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Comment author: BrassLion 21 August 2012 07:35:07PM 6 points [-]

The post you linked has almost nothing to do, really, with gay marriage, but it's bang-on about how people respond to incentives. The warning against the typical mind fallacy (in the article, phrased as thinking of how you would respond to an incentive rather than the marginal case) is also highly relevant.

Comment author: CharlieSheen 22 August 2012 06:45:47AM *  5 points [-]

Oh yes I fully agree. I wasn't trying to start a discussion on gay marriage after all! Its just the title the author chose.