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-6 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 01 February 2016 05:00PM

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Comment author: gjm 03 February 2016 12:10:10PM 0 points [-]

WithAThousandFaces didn't make that statement. The statement he made was

I'd guess that around [...] 99.5% of genpop would (etc.)

not

99.5% of genpop would (etc.)

and those are very different statements. In particular, if WATF can't provide evidence that 99.5% of people would (etc.) then you could reasonably claim he was being dishonest or incompetent in making the statement you attributed to him[1], but not in making the statement he actually made.

[1] Though in most contexts actually making such accusations is overkill.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 04 February 2016 12:57:53AM 0 points [-]

Ok, I see what you mean. He did say "the overwhelming majority of people won't" find "a donation to be the most meaningful possible gift" so my take was that WATF understood "99.5% of genpop" as "overwhelming majority." I'd be comfortable if WATF can provide evidence that an "overwhelming majority" of people won't find "a donation to be the most meaningful possible gift."

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