DominatorX1 @ DominatorX1 @thelemmy.club

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1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Sorry man. Lemmy fatigue. I think I've had it.

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Who's justifying?

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

No I never saw "the good place".

But I've seen a dozen things that touch this idea.

One I really like is "Utopia". 2013. British. Good music.

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

I think that's a different thing.

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

It's insight like that. Thanks

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Thanks man. You really got to the heart of it there

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

It's the trolly problem. So yr spending 100 to save a million

1d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Dick and balls aside, no shit Sherlock.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

That's the same riddle. You get that, right?

And so we find ourselves without an easy answer. And so we are forced to inspect the riddle more closely. To uncover hidden assumptions and such. We might even do that in conversation, on a forum like lemmy.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

It's what we call an abstraction. This particular abstraction highlights a moral point.

Not bullshit. Useful and interesting.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Yr nuts

2d ago

You get new speakers or you start your music library from scratch. Which is the first song/album you play?

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Edit: Holy Shit!...

We're like Hobbits. Very compatible with simple and to the point.

2d ago

You get new speakers or you start your music library from scratch. Which is the first song/album you play?

Jump

Brian Eno, Silver Morning

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

It's the trolly problem. A classic.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Well yes, that's my point. For the purposes of our game of riddle-solving the assumption is valid. But for the purposes of "reality" it isn't.

So there's something going on with perspective there.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Ok, why is the trolley problem bullshit? Seriously.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Yeah the logic is clear. But consider the lesson of War Games.

The riddle can also be a mindfucking trap. The first, implicit, assertion of these kinds of riddles is that you must solve the riddle because the riddle is important (because it accurately represents reality or something)

But that might not be so.

So if we're gonna cut through the riddle then that might be our access point.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

That's some good rationality there. Well done.

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Your emotions are getting in the way of your thinking

2d ago

If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay?

Jump

Yeah I guess that's the ultimate math of it. I'm new to chewing this riddle. I think the most popular answer is to shout that the riddle doesn't exist. I'm still chewing on it.