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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (391665)6/17/2008 12:27:56 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1574854
 
Eric, > You're suggesting that I accept the means to justify the ends no matter if it's a lie.

I noticed that this has become the new way for global warming zealots to sell their snake oil.

Kind of like Pascal's Wager. If we believe in global warming but it turns out to be a hoax, we're safe. But if we don't believe in global warming and it turns out to be true, we're all screwed.

Here's an example:

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> besides the false negative here has dire consequences, and the false positive produces economic stimulus.

And yes, he did equate the fight against global warming to "economic stimulus." Must take quite a bit of "intellect" to argue that.

Tenchusatsu
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