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army1987 comments on Open thread, September 15-21, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: gjm 15 September 2014 12:24PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 September 2014 08:19:36AM 1 point [-]

Trust it for what purposes?

Comment author: Azathoth123 20 September 2014 07:36:34PM 0 points [-]

Trust to not be politically biased.

Comment author: [deleted] 20 September 2014 07:58:37PM 0 points [-]

Given the way I use it I don't care whether they're politically unbiased, just whether they're less addictive than blogs and Facebook.

Comment author: Azathoth123 23 September 2014 02:47:06AM 3 points [-]

So another voter defects in the rational ignorance collective action problem.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 September 2014 11:26:02AM -2 points [-]

Why would the knowledge of who won the World Cup or how many kids Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have any relevance at all when deciding whom to vote for?

(I jest, but LeechBlock is going to get me the hell out of here in a minute and a half so I don't have time to write a more serious reply.)