Hmm, I’m guessing that it is because yours and EY’s stance (if I understand it right) is along the lines of “every life is sacred, every life is great” and is a common sentiment on LW; and that’s why your comment was upvoted and mine downvoted (probably misunderstood as “he has no valid argument to offer and so disguised this fact by tapping out”). Again, this is only a guess.
I certainly don’t think consciously, or act as if, “every life is sacred, every life is great”.
Nevertheless the people I care about personally, and myself, are still far more likely to die from some disease that is curable but is not eradicated due to lack of funds—including most or all causes of natural death—than due to the actions of madmen, gunmen, evil biology professors, or their tiny intersection.
Which is why when I read news like in this post, I think: “why am I wasting my time thinking about this?”
Hmm, I’m guessing that it is because yours and EY’s stance (if I understand it right) is along the lines of “every life is sacred, every life is great” and is a common sentiment on LW; and that’s why your comment was upvoted and mine downvoted (probably misunderstood as “he has no valid argument to offer and so disguised this fact by tapping out”). Again, this is only a guess.
I certainly don’t think consciously, or act as if, “every life is sacred, every life is great”.
Nevertheless the people I care about personally, and myself, are still far more likely to die from some disease that is curable but is not eradicated due to lack of funds—including most or all causes of natural death—than due to the actions of madmen, gunmen, evil biology professors, or their tiny intersection.
Which is why when I read news like in this post, I think: “why am I wasting my time thinking about this?”
Hm. Well, FWIW, I don’t think it should have been.