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Comment author: pragmatist 29 September 2013 05:45:16PM *  1 point [-]

Did you not think that paragraph explained the point? Should I have put the asterisk up higher?

There is a much simpler explanation: I completely misunderstood what you meant by "second order effects" and then didn't really read the rest of the footnote because I considered it irrelevant to what I was interested in talking about. How embarrassing. I did admit that I am not yet fully informed and perfectly rational, though.

Comment author: Vaniver 29 September 2013 05:47:40PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the feedback! I'll be more careful about using that phrase in the future.

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