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drethelin comments on Open thread for December 24-31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 28 December 2013 08:16:40PM *  9 points [-]

It's not a fallacy, it's just different definitions of the word good. To some people good means better than the most likely alternative, to others good means the best out of all the alternatives.

Comment author: Locaha 29 December 2013 06:43:23AM -1 points [-]

The problem is, the person compares the real history of Pinochet with the imaginary alternative history of Allende.

Comment author: ChristianKl 29 December 2013 01:26:48PM 4 points [-]

That's no real problem. We compare things all the time to imagined alternatives.