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What if the lifeboat skipper picks up many people, but decides that picking up more would endanger the lifeboat itself? Asimov’s rules don’t work; that’s the w
by nickff 2y ago
What if the lifeboat skipper picks up many people, but decides that picking up more would endanger the lifeboat itself?
Asimov’s rules don’t work; that’s the whole point.
- cogman10 2y agoIf you are to apply it the way health insurance works, the skipper is asking the drowning victims to give them all their money and then is deciding on who they rescue, mostly leaving the people far away to drown because that will have added fuel costs and they'd rather save that to go fishing on tuesday.
- nickff 2y agoThis analogy is already a stretch (I didn’t come up with it, was just responding to someone else), and you’re torturing it beyond reason.
- jiggawatts 2y agoBrian Thompson's net worth was $43M. He definitely has a yacht or two.