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If I as a professional footballer repeatedly foul people, which process is at fault when no one else around me does that? Unless you just call everything a pro
by robertlagrant 3y ago
If I as a professional footballer repeatedly foul people, which process is at fault when no one else around me does that?
Unless you just call everything a process: "His childhood was difficult and that's why he fouls people. Let's call his childhood a process."
I think at some point you have to say that some things are not processes, or cannot usefully described as such. Or they devolve into Zeno's paradox.
- sokoloff 3y ago> If I as a professional footballer repeatedly foul people, which process is at fault when no one else around me does that? The process that hasn't cut you from the football team.
- mschuster91 3y ago> Unless you just call everything a process: "His childhood was difficult and that's why he fouls people. Let's call his childhood a process." Well... attempting to prevent stuff like bullying or domestic violence is a worthwhile goal in itself. For the example of the soccer player, one might also question other incentives (e.g. bonuses tied to winning games no-matter-what), or why a player with a known history was hired in the first place.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> Well... attempting to prevent stuff like bullying or domestic violence is a worthwhile goal in itself. Obviously a worthwhile goal, but not a process failure on the part of the football team.
- mlrtime 3y agoA foul is a statistic that is easily countable. If goals are greater than fouls then it may make sense to keep that footballer anyway. I hope we aren't using football as an analogy for avionic engineering with 1000's of people.