juliawise comments on The noncentral fallacy—the worst argument in the world?

[juliawise]

I was baffled by that too. They attempted to overthrow a nasty dictator . . . but they did it for the oil money they’d get from the new government.

[katydee]

I believe your sarcasm detector may be improperly calibrated.

[Eugine_Nier]

I believe Eliezer is more concerned with whether the coup would have led to an increase in utility than the motives of the plotters.