Political Discussions for "Adults"

DwnWthVwls · 04-17-2020, 07:50 PM

Cost-benefit trolley problem.

OccultHawk · 04-17-2020, 07:51 PM

A cost-benefit analysis is a type of trolley problem and it’s helpful to think of it that way because it brings home the reality of there being a literal price put on human life.

WWWP · 04-17-2020, 07:53 PM

It's not a fucking trolley problem!

The Batlord · 04-17-2020, 07:54 PM

The defining attribute of the trolley problem is that it's a binary choice. Real life is almost entirely not binary choices.

**Frownland** · 04-17-2020, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

A cost-benefit analysis is a type of trolley problem

Repeating it doesn't make it true, Donny.

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It’s helpful to think of it that way because it brings home the reality of there being a literal price put on human life.

Whatever you need to tell yourself to justify clinging to something so unhelpfully reductionist. Just don't expect any of us to take you seriously.

OccultHawk · 04-17-2020, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

The defining attribute of the trolley problem is that it's a binary choice. Real life is almost entirely not binary choices.

Real life boils down to only binary choices. You either do something or you don’t.

WWWP · 04-17-2020, 08:11 PM

That's the same thing Chula said about free will.

You're both wrong.

OccultHawk · 04-17-2020, 08:14 PM

I understand there’s no free will. Describing it as “choices” is only because we have limitations within our language. Indeed, you either do something or you don’t. That’s indisputable. And entirely binary.

Raime · 04-17-2020, 08:17 PM

Ya'll should go to San Francisco and ride a trolley together, sort this problem out.

WWWP · 04-17-2020, 08:18 PM

They're called Cable Cars in San Francisco

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04-17-2020, 08:14 PM	#5688 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I understand there’s no free will. Describing it as “choices” is only because we have limitations within our language. Indeed, you either do something or you don’t. That’s indisputable. And entirely binary. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html