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by ryanmarsh 3803 days ago
This is like a litmus test for the right answer. We immediately jump to feasibility. We know it'll work, it'll just be hard.
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> This is like a litmus test for the right answer. We immediately jump to feasibility.

Uh, I don't see how that follows. Sometimes "it is not feasible" is first objection simply because it's the easiest to articulate and support.

I mean, not everything is equivalent to a proposal to, say, kill all the poor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owI7DOeO_yg

There was something subtly hilarious about seeing a Vanguard investment ad before that clip.