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I think this is a simplistic view. Extend your argument one step further. "If this one human happened to die slightly differently and got us all closer to data
by the_gastropod 9y ago
I think this is a simplistic view. Extend your argument one step further. "If this one human happened to die slightly differently and got us all closer to data nirvana then isn't that a nobler way to go?" Maybe? But it's definitely morally problematic.
- taneq 9y ago(I wanted to reply to this last night but I hit the rate limiter, heh.) Whether your extension is morally problematic depends entirely on your moral framework. Modified trolley problems are a good way to examine this: Given a chance to save N people by killing 1, what would N need to be before you'd take that chance? Most people would be outraged at N=5 or maybe even N=100. I think a significant portion would accept at N=100,000.