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title: "It's astonishing how few people understand this point. “To delay by 1…"
date: 2016-08-12
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# It's astonishing how few people understand this point. “To delay by 1…

*August 12, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.ipscell.com/2015/08/stevenpinker/](http://www.ipscell.com/2015/08/stevenpinker/){target="_blank"}
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It\'s astonishing how few people understand this point.\
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"To delay by 1 year the development of a treatment that cures a lethal disease that kills 100,000 people per year is to be responsible for the deaths of those 100,000 people, even if you never see them."
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