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homunq comments on Taking Effective Altruism Seriously - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: homunq 12 July 2015 11:01:55PM 0 points [-]

When you say "Nothing short of X can get you to Y", the strong implication is that it's a safe bet that X will at least not move you away from Y, and sometimes move you toward it. So OK, I'll rephrase:

The OP suggests that colonization is in fact a proven way to turn at least some poor countries into more productive ones.