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jsteinhardt comments on Effective altruism and political power - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: adamzerner 17 June 2015 05:47PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 June 2015 03:30:20AM 1 point [-]

He is also gay which kills his chances for the presidency even more effectively than being an atheist. Not to mention that he is not a native-born American citizen which disqualifies him right off the bat.

Comment author: jsteinhardt 18 June 2015 05:35:27PM 0 points [-]

My response was directed more at the "most sane people" part.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 June 2015 05:43:46PM *  1 point [-]

Ah. In this case I concur -- I think that "most sane people are atheists" is... not quite true.