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Why does every comment like this, criticising an article, always claim the author doesn't understand the concept they're talking about? You can just disagree wi
by stupidcar 6y ago
Why does every comment like this, criticising an article, always claim the author doesn't understand the concept they're talking about? You can just disagree with something without using cheap tactics like this to imply the author is ignorant.
I see no evidence of this claimed misunderstanding in the linked article. And there's nothing "subtle" about it saying thought experiments lack value because they're contrived, that is the central point its making.
- totetsu 6y agoThey have Trolley problem problem problems, and you have Trolley problem problem problem problems.
- have_faith 6y agoI present: The Trolley Solution. I decide what happens to the trolley in every scenario and everyone else is absolved of guilt.
- cableshaft 6y agoIs that your final answer?
- twic 6y agoOh, i thought they Trolley Solution was that you tie all philosophers to the tracks and then run them over.
- dereferenceddev 6y agoDo you not see the irony of then taking the position that my tactics are “cheap”? Having read the same article, my takeaway from their characterization of thought experiments was that they misunderstood their real purpose. To pose thought experiments against what real professionals would do in particular scenarios really does undermine what the point of presenting thought experiments does. They’re used to challenge our notions about the choice we make and think about how we shape our moral code. They ultimately are intended to make you think more about why you think a particular way about something. So that is why it seems to be misunderstood.