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Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:23AM (#23401539)
You literally think you are making a coherent argument that doesn’t collapse in on itself?
Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @09:29AM (#23390763)
It’s literally a non-argument designed to not even consider my position and talk over it with flights of fancy. Every decision is based on incomplete information, ever. Your argument is an argument against the very state of knowing. It’s Descarte but with even less understanding of a causal system.

Your argument: we can’t possibly know everything, therefore assume nothing is correct. Except reality is a persistent illusion, so we work in that reality. Your fantasy world where there is a god that can see all futures is fantasy. Don’t confuse the imagination with reality.

Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:34PM (#23386273)
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

If you want change, make lasting change.

Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:42PM (#23385880)
Whom? Well, the greatest number of people possible. All time frames. All scopes. You philosophers always trying to confuse the simple.
Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:08PM (#23385643)
Justifying murder, no.
Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:37AM (#23376421)
No.
Re:The Trolley Problem Problem on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:01AM (#23376249)
If you want to maximize ethical utility, pick the course which reduces the greatest amount of suffering. Prognosticators not required.
Every time I am wrong, I rejoice, because it means I learned something new, I just objectively became less dumb. Ego is the bane of learning. Smart people with ego usually aren’t as smart as you think, it’s usually more luck, performance, and privilege.

Besides, “Mo money, mo problems”. I have a couple thousand square feet of house, few thousand square feet of yard and garden. It’s way too much for just me, I have a dedicated VR room. Billionaire or bust mentality is a sickness.