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by djtriptych 3043 days ago
Sure. All of us here would have made the correct hundred thousand or so choices and avoided the enormous number of traps and inherent dangers of poverty.

We would have gone from poor five year olds to wealthy 30 year olds by force of will.

We would have had the energy and resources and parental support to source our food, health, shelter, and education for our first 18 years because we make such great decisions.

Or: we believe we _are_ good because we _have_ it good.

Tell me again about Occam?