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Yeah, 100 is waaay too many
by rosstex 6y ago
Yeah, 100 is waaay too many
- jlawson 6y agoDisagree, there is a >0 number of stranger child abductions we should expect with optimal policies. Same as there is a >0 number of car crash deaths with optimal policy. And a >0 amount of rat droppings in our food. And in your personal life, a >0 chance of dying of avoidable accident.
- rosstex 6y agoThis ain't LessWrong, I'm allowed to complain about a single child abduction as a stain on humanity. But yes, I appreciate your math.
- Anon1096 6y agoYou're allowed to complain about anything but that doesn't mean they are good complaints.
- rosstex 6y agoIf the head of a self-driving car company exclaimed "100 car accident deaths per year is too many," we wouldn't say his opinion is wrong, we'd be throwing money at it. It's just that, an opinion.
- jay_kyburz 6y agoI was not arguing that we should make laws or set policy. I was just saying, wow, 100 kids a year taken!
- sokoloff 6y agoIs there any non-zero number that's not too many in a real sense? There is a balance in almost anything at the scale of hundreds of millions of people. People die in all kinds of ways. Some drown, but we still build pools. Some die on trampolines, but we still install those. Some die in the tub/shower, but we still clean ourselves. I don't see any reason to think that there isn't any possible nuance on the balance between freedom to move as a kid and the danger of stranger violence. (I have two kids who aren't yet teens. The concept scares me, but I also let them swim, play on trampolines, ride in cars/airplanes, bathe, etc.)
- teekert 6y ago"Is there any non-zero number that's not too many in a real sense?" No because he does not mention the denominator and is thus free to increase it ;)