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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by zimpenfish on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:08AM (#15465785)
> All you have control over is whether or not you hurt the person in front of you.

I tend towards believing that people who bring up the "WHAT IF NOOK BOMB" type scenarios are really just looking for justification that their existing belief in torture is A-OK.

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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by ams6110 on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:46AM (#15466144)
It's more nuanced. They are trying to make the claim that there might be some situations where it's justifiable. Not that it's "A-OK" all the time.
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Re:Two scientists quietly revolutionising the study and prac... by r00fus on Friday October 13, 2017 @03:30PM (#15468633)
It's a psychologic trick - appeal to extreme [1]. By constantly discussing a scenario which is so completely unlikely to occur, it warps the discussion into thinking that that extreme is somehow representative of reality.

It's a fallacy because it's like a DOS attack on the argument - burning up most of the time on a absurdly small probability. Participants and viewers tricked by thinking "what's discussed most is what's most important".

[1] https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla...

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