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"why would humans have to change their behavior?" Because the oil fed the bugs not the machine. So the machine didn't work.
by JulianMorrison 9y ago
"why would humans have to change their behavior?"
Because the oil fed the bugs not the machine.
So the machine didn't work.
- jerf 9y agoThat is not the sense of the question I asked. The question is, if the pollution is stipulated either way, why do you desire the outcome? You are hypothesizing a choice between a world in which pollution is 134 units (done by the human machines) and humans have machinery, and one in which pollution is 134 units (done by bacteria) and humans do not. You do not seem to have any non-misanthropic or non-Puritan reason to prefer the latter.
- JulianMorrison 9y agoI'm a little surprised it isn't obvious. No, they aren't equivalent when iterated. Because the humans stop trying to use machines that use oil, so the oil stays in the ground.