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Sure, but in a democratic system with perfect information you should expect to lose the vote on your hypothetical "me vs 1000" trolley problem right? And in the
by nmca 6y ago
Sure, but in a democratic system with perfect information you should expect to lose the vote on your hypothetical "me vs 1000" trolley problem right? And in the absence of perfect information you'd I guess you'd mount a special interest lobby and hope for the best...
- renewiltord 6y agoIf it were me vs random one thousand and obviously so, yes. But fortunately, the Wobegon Effect makes it so that anyone can conceive of themselves being me (or even better, of themselves being better than me - considering I'm not particularly a safe driver). It is precisely because it is democratic then that makes it possible for any individual to exploit human cognitive errors. An authoritarian meritocracy would not fall for those tricks.
- dash2 6y agoIt sounds like you agree that 1.0001 is a no-brainer, but that democracies may be tricked into rejecting it.
- renewiltord 6y agoIt's a no-brainer for an administrator, not for me. And I think I have ways to prevent an administrator from putting in that policy yeah.