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woodruffw
on Nov 11, 2023
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These kinds of comparisons are category errors: you don't get to autoclaves and antibiotics without the civilization-level changes that get you irrigation and ice in summer.
ben_w
on Nov 11, 2023
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I don't deny that, my claim is more of "what counts as 'primitive conditions'?"
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