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Gurkenglas comments on Open thread, Sep. 19 - Sep. 25, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Gurkenglas 21 September 2016 03:11:48AM 1 point [-]

Perhaps you expect to in the future be in a position where your expected impact is significantly larger, and so your gut tells you to be careful with anything whose long-term effects are not clear?

Comment author: Throawey 23 September 2016 04:19:25AM 0 points [-]

Possibly. I don't know if my gut is that smart and forward thinking, but that is a bit of a conscious concern.