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Re:Potato paradox by jonas21 on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:38PM (#17752470)
I recently ran into a similar thing when driving a Chevrolet Volt, which can operate using either electricity or gasoline.

If you drive 50% in electric mode at 110 MPGe and 50% in gas mode at 40 MPGe, what's your average MPGe?

It's only: 1 / (0.5/110 + 0.5/40) = 58.7 MPGe

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Re:Potato paradox by DoctorOetker on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:42PM (#17752978)
I believe this is the implicit main argument behind the "rational aid" movement: it is very hard to save and gather resources, but very easy to squander them. Similarily it's very hard use rational thought to marginally improve the human condition, but its very easy to worsen the human condition by not using rational thought for just a split second...
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Re:Potato paradox by selestify on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:49PM (#17760188)
What is the rational aid movement? Google shows nothing.
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Re:Potato paradox by DoctorOetker on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:25PM (#17761050)
Yeah I also forget the wording, apparently its Rational Altruism, or Effective Altruism or something something
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