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Disagree, there is a >0 number of stranger child abductions we should expect with optimal policies. Same as there is a >0 number of car crash deaths with optim
by jlawson 6y ago
Disagree, there is a >0 number of stranger child abductions we should expect with optimal policies.
Same as there is a >0 number of car crash deaths with optimal policy. And a >0 amount of rat droppings in our food.
And in your personal life, a >0 chance of dying of avoidable accident.
- rosstex 6y agoThis ain't LessWrong, I'm allowed to complain about a single child abduction as a stain on humanity. But yes, I appreciate your math.
- Anon1096 6y agoYou're allowed to complain about anything but that doesn't mean they are good complaints.
- rosstex 6y agoIf the head of a self-driving car company exclaimed "100 car accident deaths per year is too many," we wouldn't say his opinion is wrong, we'd be throwing money at it. It's just that, an opinion.
- jay_kyburz 6y agoI was not arguing that we should make laws or set policy. I was just saying, wow, 100 kids a year taken!