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Actually, I do trade the statistical risk of killing myself for some statistically greater benefit pretty much every single day and every action I take, from dr
by kenneth 5y ago
Actually, I do trade the statistical risk of killing myself for some statistically greater benefit pretty much every single day and every action I take, from driving a car, to traveling for work, to any number of recreational activities like surfing or skiing.
Your argument is the precise fallacy I'm arguing against — risks and benefits should be quantified and weighed. The fact that it takes 50 man-months of quarantine to avoid a single one-month earlier than expected death, to me, is absolutely not worth it.
Perhaps you think locking up 50 innocent people to give someone an extra month is worth it. I don't. But I do understand that it's a subjective assessment.
- thebruce87m 5y ago“… each life cut short by 10 years on average” https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/1.5-million-potential-years-of-life-lost-to-covid-19 https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/1.5-million-...
- kenneth 5y agoYes, lock up 6000 people for one month to save one life that had 10 years left. Still not worth it to me.
- thebruce87m 5y agoOk, how many years would be worth it?
- dent9876543 5y agoLogically it has to be 600, no? Which makes no sense. But doesn’t it place a reasonable scale upon what a trade might look like.