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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 16 July 2014 06:25:52PM 0 points [-]

It's an effect that should be taken into account in a broad array of situations. Emile didn't say that it was an overwhelmingly powerful argument in all situations, nor did she come a little bit close to implying it.

Comment author: Lumifer 16 July 2014 07:22:17PM 1 point [-]

Emile didn't say that it was an overwhelmingly powerful argument in all situations, nor did she come a little bit close to implying it.

...and nor did I criticize it for that.

So where did this whole idea come from?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 16 July 2014 08:59:14PM *  -1 points [-]

This actually looks like a fully general argument if favor of any status quo.

This makes no sense as a criticism unless you think it's claimed to be very powerful. If it can be weak, then sure, it's a fully general argument in favor of any status quo, and that's A-OK, and it's fairly obviously A-OK, so what are you complaining about?

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