wedrifid comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - LessWrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 31 July 2013 03:54:42AM *  3 points [-]

I might be a little more generous than that. The term casts a pretty broad net, but it also includes some factors I'd consider instrumentally advantageous, like self-control and emotional resilience.

I'm not sure how relevant those are in this context, though.

Comment author: wedrifid 31 July 2013 06:15:11AM 3 points [-]

The term casts a pretty broad net, but it also includes some factors I'd consider instrumentally advantageous, like self-control and emotional resilience.

I certainly recommend maturity. I also note that the aforementioned signalling skill is also significantly instrumentally advantageous. I just don't expect the immaturity of younger voters to result in significantly worse voting outcomes.