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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: ChristianKl 26 October 2015 08:07:52PM 2 points [-]

It also alienates me that people here, according to the karma distributions, don't seem to get my point.

Reading "implyed" claims into an article and then disagreeing with the claims you believe are implied is frequently not something that's good karma wise.

I also see no disrespect by Dias that warrents to call him to "please respect..."

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