This paper is interesting. It's an empirical analysis of the trolley problem in terms of notion of inclusive fitness. http://bit.ly/1fhSjeT
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@PhilosophyExp Related studies: http://hbesj.org/index.php/lebs/article/view/lebs.2013.26/89 … and especially http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3057260/kurzban%20et%20al%20KTP%20in%20press.pdf …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@aarongoetz Thanks. Those look interesting, though, of course, asking people what they'd do doesn't establish what they'd actually do, etc1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PhilosophyExp Definitely a notable limitation. These are emotional systems and hypotheticals are poor at activating them.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@aarongoetz the window if you actually saw a trolley bearing down on her. Hard to simulate.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PhilosophyExp Agreed. We'll be satisfied when we build ultra-realistic simulators and test them in there. What, 25 years?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@aarongoetz Maybe sooner, except money will probably be the limiting factor (i.e., academics don't have enough!).
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