[ExI] covid or cold?

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 6:39 AM Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 21:40, Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 3:27 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> Do you think that letting COVID run unchecked would be better for the
>>> economy, students, the medical system, mental health?
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>> ### This is a trick question, like when you ask somebody if he is beating
>> his wife.
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> No, you could honestly answer yes, no or I don’t know without
> incriminating yourself.
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### If you ask somebody out of the blue whether he is engaging in heinous
behavior, you are implying he might be a heinous person. It's an accusation
masquerading as a question. You don't ask people if they are flat-earthers
unless you want to cast doubt on their sanity, either.

Rafal
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