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> A mere inconvenience, suffered by enough people, is worth killing a few. Wow. I can't agree with that one even a little bit. The real concern is totalitari
by sgc 7y ago
> A mere inconvenience, suffered by enough people, is worth killing a few.
Wow. I can't agree with that one even a little bit. The real concern is totalitarian abuse. But being inconvenienced allows us to kill? That rings as downright pathological.
- loup-vaillant 7y agoThat's because it only works on pathological cases. Like the dust speck vs torture dilemma. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3wYTFWY3LKQCnAptN/torture-vs-dust-specks https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3wYTFWY3LKQCnAptN/torture-vs... In practice, the tradeoffs are never that extreme.