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Lumifer comments on The Triumph of Humanity Chart - Less Wrong Discussion

23 Post author: Dias 26 October 2015 01:41AM

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 26 October 2015 06:33:22PM *  1 point [-]

I'm referring to the text, not the graph(s). The two paragraphs between the graphs imply

that doubling extreme poverty would be a good thing if it comes with a doubling of the rest of the population.

He does not preface any of it by saying "I think", he just presents it as obvious. Well, I know for a fact that there are many people who self-identify as rationalists to whom this is not obvious at all. It also alienates me that people here, according to the karma distributions, don't seem to get my point.

Comment author: Lumifer 26 October 2015 06:55:35PM 3 points [-]

It also alienates me

And does that oblige anyone to do anything?