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Are you going to care about some base rate when it's your loved one dying?
by Teever 3y ago
Are you going to care about some base rate when it's your loved one dying?
- taeric 3y agoIf the new rate is better than the old base rate, the point is that we could be making progress?
- CaptainNegative 3y agoYes? Please don't make us pull out the model trolley set again.
- ozfive 3y agoUsername checks out.
- RheingoldRiver 3y agowell...yes? For example: wouldn't you be more upset if a collision was caused by a drunk driver than by a driver who was paying attention? That's because drunk drivers are known to be dangerous and should not be operating. If self-driving vehicles overall increase safety, then I am not as upset as I am if they are known to overall decrease safety, because the fact of their presence being just or unjust is pertinent to the case.
- afiori 3y agoIt depends on whose safety is increased and decreased. Car infrastructure is notorious for focusing on the safety of drivers rather than pedestrians. If self-driving cars increase safety for drivers and are worse for everybody else I am not sure it is a good trade-off. In this regard we can adapt the saying about electric cars to self-driving cars: they are here to save the car industry not you.
- searealist 3y agoIs your argument that only perfection should be acceptable for change?
- SpicyLemonZest 3y agoThe question is whether it should come up at all. If my ambulance takes a while to nudge its way through some crowded traffic at a busy intersection, would anyone think to tell my family that poor urban design and a lack of roundabouts contributed to my death?