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Re:‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood dea... by _Algernon_ on Friday September 15, 2023 @07:32AM (#37521449)
Is omniscience a prerequisite to reacting? Nothing would ever get done then.
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Re:‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood dea... by penneallagricia on Saturday September 16, 2023 @04:54PM (#37538592)
We're talking about killing people in a country on the other side of the world.

If not omniscience at least clear evidence that there is no other course of action and that this is absolutely required (spoiler, it wasn't). Reacting irrationally is just what animals do.

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