@preinfarction it's not an extreme implication of the principle. it's an implication of an extreme version of the principle
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction "what is more important? food or water?" "water i guess." "oh so you value a lifetime of food less than a drop of water?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VesselOfSpirit Hm. When I wrote them, I thought my examples were more like "Would you rather starve or dehydrate to death?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VesselOfSpirit (Which also sound extreme because its references death, but at least it's not using different units for comparison)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@preinfarction i don't understand; i thought stubbed toes was chosen for being not extreme1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit >"When I wrote them". I agree now that my first example were bad. Still looking for negative phrasing of the original prompt2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@preinfarction so like oblivion vs. eudaimonia on even numbered days and torture on odd numbered days1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VesselOfSpirit And 64% of people want the low variance option?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@preinfarction@VesselOfSpirit classic example (I forget source) is how much pleasure vs. suffering you could generate on 1 cm^2 of flesh1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing I guess we're wired to not accidentally destroy ourselves because we're having too much fun@preinfarction@VesselOfSpirit1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@nouswaves @preinfarction @VesselOfSpirit I think the pain tail is just bigger than the pleasure tail (in terms of possibilities)
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