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Comment author: [deleted] 10 June 2012 05:36:46AM *  0 points [-]

I think that, whether or not it's easier to succeed against human or non-human problems, that for many people it's more fun to think about people who deserve to be punished than to think about the specific details needed to solve a problem that's the result of an uncaring universe.

That then boils down to wanting an interesting story doesn't it?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 June 2012 12:38:06PM 1 point [-]

Getting rid of bad people, even very bad people, is easy compared to all the different things one has to do to make sure bad things don't happen in a universe that dosen't care about us and where really bad things are allowed to happen.

This is the bit I was arguing with.

I was interpreting it as meaning "some bad things" and it's possible that you meant "all bad things".

Comment author: [deleted] 10 June 2012 05:02:47PM *  1 point [-]

Oh I do think that overall you are probably right that bad people problems can in real life be as challenging or more challenging than non-human ones.

I should have said that getting "rid of bad people" seems easy. In the context I was talking about an appealing world-view I didn't mean to say I share it. I was trying to describe what it feels like from the inside.

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