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Topic	Freedom, Liberty, Ron Paul - It's PEOPLE! The economy is made of PEOPLE! [dwmf]
SmartMuffin 08/02/17 2:09:25 PM #134:	foolm0r0n posted... Mr Lasastryke posted... wouldn't it make more sense to hit on girls in a club, where there's a gazillion times the amount of girls and they're a lot more open to the idea of getting picked up than at a conference? That's the perceived comparative advantage he was talking about. It's completely and blatantly disproven in every way after even 1 minute of thinking about it, but he argues that's what fuels their rationale. No, the concept of comparative advantage is quite sound (basically all of economics, including mainstream economics, is based on it, so good luck arguing this). The fact that libertarian males have a comparative advantage vis-a-vis libertarian females COULD be wrong, but I doubt it is. It's probably true that they do, and if you understand comparative advantage, you would understand how this makes sense. What you could be right about is that "therefore, hit on only libertarian girls" does not necessarily follow. That the cost of seeking them out and the punishment of failure is too high. But libertarians, rationalists, and the socially awkward are unlikely to realize this. And all the "reasonable sounding" people in society tell them the opposite. It's only PUAs and male feminists who say "just go hit on randos at bars" and both of those groups are deemed non-credible for various reasons. --- SmartMuffin - Because anything less would be uncivilized - http://i.imgur.com/W66HUUy.jpg http://dudewheresmyfreedom.com/ <cite>SmartMuffin posted [p:884056902] in Freedom, L... [t:75574592]...</cite> <quote><cite>foolm0r0n posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mr Lasastryke posted...</cite> <quote>wouldn't it make more sense to hit on girls in a club, where there's a gazillion times the amount of girls and they're a lot more open to the idea of getting picked up than at a conference?</quote> That's the perceived comparative advantage he was talking about. It's completely and blatantly disproven in every way after even 1 minute of thinking about it, but he argues that's what fuels their rationale.</quote> No, the concept of comparative advantage is quite sound (basically all of economics, including mainstream economics, is based on it, so good luck arguing this). The fact that libertarian males have a comparative advantage vis-a-vis libertarian females COULD be wrong, but I doubt it is. It's probably true that they do, and if you understand comparative advantage, you would understand how this makes sense. What you could be right about is that "therefore, hit on only libertarian girls" does not necessarily follow. That the cost of seeking them out and the punishment of failure is too high. But libertarians, rationalists, and the socially awkward are unlikely to realize this. And all the "reasonable sounding" people in society tell them the opposite. It's only PUAs and male feminists who say "just go hit on randos at bars" and both of those groups are deemed non-credible for various reasons. --- SmartMuffin - Because anything less would be uncivilized - http://i.imgur.com/W66HUUy.jpg http://dudewheresmyfreedom.com/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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