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Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Stupid Questions, 2nd half of December - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 26 December 2015 12:35:58PM *  0 points [-]

the real reason is that he is unwilling to pay the various costs of losing weight

That's not incompatible with the hypothesis that said costs would be higher for him than for the average person for whatever reason.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 December 2015 03:59:48PM 0 points [-]

That's not incompatible with the hypothesis that said costs would be higher for him than for the average person

Why would he (or anyone) care about the average person in this context?