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0 pointszahlman27d ago0 comments

You aren't interested in living in a world where people are generally unwilling to risk their lives for no benefit beyond the possibility of contributing to saving the lives of people who don't need saving (as they can trivially save themselves)?

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empthought26d ago

Of course not.

zahlmanOP26d ago

What would you do if you found out that this world were such a world?

Because I sincerely think it is such a world, no matter what a Twitter poll says.

empthought26d ago

The only way to find out would be for this thought experiment to actually occur, in which case I would do nothing, because I would be dead.

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empthought26d ago

Of course not.

zahlmanOP26d ago

What would you do if you found out that this world were such a world?

Because I sincerely think it is such a world, no matter what a Twitter poll says.

empthought26d ago

The only way to find out would be for this thought experiment to actually occur, in which case I would do nothing, because I would be dead.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse