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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by SilasX on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:17PM (#15468931)
That's the point: the anti-taxer's error is to so tenuously double down on believing they can explain away any public goods problem by saying it doesn't happen in practice. Asteroid defense is just the most extreme example.

It is a similar error to double down so hard on torture never being able to elicit truthful, reliable information.

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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by emmelaich on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:26PM (#15470033)
> tenuously

strenuously? (they're almost opposites)

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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by SilasX on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:33PM (#15470045)
No, I mean that he doubles down despite the position being tenuous. (May not be the clearest usage of the term.)
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