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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by IncRnd on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:54PM (#27307442)
Related to what you wrote, I strongly disagree with the argument that some people make, where it is said X lives were saved. But, what they are really saying is that Y people, who wouldn't otherwise die, were killed by the new technology, yet overall fewer died! What good is any technology if it is known to kill people who would otherwise be alive?
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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by osmarks on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:51PM (#27308370)
Why does the particular set of people matter instead of just the difference in numbers? If the Y people happened to be a subset of those who would die without the technology, is that better? If you somehow move all the deaths caused by a thing to a different but equally large set of people, is that bad because those people "would otherwise be alive"?
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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by wombatmobile on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:00PM (#27308480)
It depends on who you ask.

If we could lower the national death toll by 1,000 people a year but it meant that 4 people you love the most would perish, would you support this new initiative or oppose it?

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