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m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I think these scenarios might be easier to analyze if we made them a bit more realistic.

Like isn’t this an analogy for military intervention? If we empower our military to be proactive, we can save one “good guy” ^^Tm by killing 3 “worthless foreigners”. But if NATO’s adversaries are participating too we lose 3 of our “good guy” ^^Tm.

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OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think the abstract nature is one of the strengths. If you ask someone a question about military intervention, their pre-existing views towards military intervention will heavily bias their answer.

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- m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah that’s a good point. Maybe I should amend my statement to say something like:
  
  If this seems like an absurd hypothetical, consider reframing it. Multiply all the numbers by a factor of between 1,000 to 1,000,000 and make them “our soldiers”, “bystanders” and “enemy soldiers” respectively.
  
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- Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  its also a good metaphor for climate change
  
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Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Look at the actual Cuban Missile Crisis.

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