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Maybe because this behaviour doesn't actually matter? Imagine a scenario where your child is sick and will likely die. There's a handful of doctors in the worl
by tomp 9y ago
Maybe because this behaviour doesn't actually matter?
Imagine a scenario where your child is sick and will likely die. There's a handful of doctors in the world capable of treating him/her, the best one frequently says the "n-word", and the rest are 50% worse. Which one will you pick?
Most rational people would pick the one that's better on the metric that matters. The "n-word"-speaking one probably wouldn't get picked to do PR, but if he's a better surgeon, he's a better surgeon.
That's also how investors act. Someone is "better" if they make more money, all things considered.
- ivm 9y agoDownvoted because of the straw man comparison of a dying child to venture investments. Your comment sounds like some HN parody.
- tomp 9y agosince when is reasoning by analogy a strawman?
- ivm 9y agoA situation of life and death is not analogical to multiplying already enormous wealth. People that intentionally damage the society on a day job and beat their partners in the evening are not analogical to a politically incorrect doctor.
- vorotato 9y agoExcept in this scenario the behavior of the doctor infuriates the other surgeons in the room degrading success rates down to 30%.