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A comment on Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with his wife. Parent comment

Re:Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with h... by theorique on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @09:09AM (#4837140)
Easy answer.

If it's my child or someone I know, save him/her.

If they are all strangers, save the greater number.

If I know both the child and one or more people among the set of 3, prioritize based on genetic or family proximity.

The point is, this can be solved algorithmically and/or game theoretically.

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Re:Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with h... by dharmach on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @10:02AM (#4837383)
Add race/nationality/religion/culture and see if your algorithm changes.
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Re:Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with h... by theorique on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @05:51PM (#4839744)
Well, people probably skew toward people "like them", broadly speaking.

But it would be interesting to run the experiment in a psychology lab and see what kind of results arise.

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Re:Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with h... by jacquesm on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @10:01AM (#4837380)
Ask a mother.
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Re:Einstein's list of conditions for staying together with h... by theorique on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @05:50PM (#4839741)
Save her child?
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