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> So we should just put you in charge and then you'll sort it out?

Have you considered this is exactly the kind of narrow-mindedness they're probably talking about? If I had written the parent post, that's what I would mean by that. This simple-minded paranoia that any proposal from anyone else is secretly an evil plot to take over the world is ridiculous.

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>> Have you considered the possibility that it's not about morals or intelligence but that it's actually an intractable problem?

I don't think they're saying, "this person is secretly plotting to take over the world".

I think they're saying, "have you considered that this is actually a hard problem and not as simple as you make it out to be?"

To be fair, thinking and writing without error (on topics like this) is hard, and it's rather culturally frowned upon here and elsewhere.

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