Canadian Mistake

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Canadian Mistake

@MistakeCanadian

For shitposting only.

Beigetreten Aralık 2019

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·6h

@EckhartAurelius @MattLutzPhi Not crazy about it (we've seen perverse incentives form) but I recognize it as a valid option for those who are sure. I do see where you're going, and I don't know, is trying to stop someone from jumping over a bridge not the right thing to do? Are all firefighters reckless?

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Eckhart Aurelius Hughes@EckhartAurelius·15h

@MistakeCanadian @MattLutzPhi That’s debatable. How do you feel about euthanasia being legal in Canada?

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Matthew Lutz@MattLutzPhi·1d

This has made some people extremely angry. An instinct to take pro social actions is the essence of virtue vs Fuck you

Matthew Lutz@MattLutzPhi

Blue. If you're taking the time to do the game theory, you lack virtue.

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·20h

@EckhartAurelius @MattLutzPhi Jumping in after seeing the first person do so is prosocial, however.

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Eckhart Aurelius Hughes@EckhartAurelius·1d

@MattLutzPhi Jumping in the woodchipper isn’t prosocial. x.com/eckhartaureliu…

Eckhart Aurelius Hughes@EckhartAurelius

Every adult human stands in front of a massive woodchipper. You can either jump into the woodchipper or not. The woodchipper has a design flaw: if more than 50% jump in, it will break and everyone survives. If less than 50% do it, those people will die. What do you do?

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·21h

@Cat2012795 @scholliski It's a loose ground beef and seasoning mix (usually from can) served on bread or buns. Imagine taco meat, though the flavour profile is different (a bit more tomato). They're called 'sloppy joes' because they make a mess when you eat them.

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Cat with Scarf@Cat2012795·21h

@scholliski lowkey add sloppy joes I've heard it a few times and have no idea whst it means

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erin ᥫ᭡.@scholliski·1d

American oomfs assemble what do these things mean

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@GASLIGHTER_ @Review_bra @YamiryuNoKage The vote in the hypothetical was also anonymous?

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chugging pilk at 2am and getting a tummy ache@GASLIGHTER_·1d

@Review_bra @YamiryuNoKage Anonymous study btw

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Dragonlily@Review_bra·1d

Twitter poll thats extremely weighted in favour of blue with zero chance of actually dying and blue STILL almost loses Not to be cynical but if this actually happened in the real life its gonna be like 85% red

Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFong

get game theory mogged once again, game theory advocates. everybody lives, and now you're in copeaganda about how you're not mean and wrong

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@owlthatissuperb @unisoccon I think I'll do 100%. Laugh and call it fake if you will - if I press blue, I am responsible for no death but my own. If I press red, I am (presumably) responsible for at least part of at least one death.

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Max (Vibecamp June 18-21)@owlthatissuperb·2d

@unisoccon I’m hoping we find at least one 100%er who refuses to be responsible for a single death

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Max (Vibecamp June 18-21)@owlthatissuperb·2d

Red/blue scenario, but you need at least X% blue votes for everyone to survive. Less than X%, blue voters die. After what X does your vote turn red?

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@LibZionistNerd @zdch @besttrousers You're describing a scenario in which both are equally bad and then saying that the boardroom is preferable because, I guess, at least someone got something positive out of it? Removing a profit incentive will not result in more unfunded procedures.

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The Nerd the Size of a Man@LibZionistNerd·1d

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers “Well, my aunt died due to the government not funding the procedure that would cure her condition, but at least it was a shadowy group of unelected unaccountable bureaucrats instead of a shadowy group of unaccountable people in a boardroom.”

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Zac Hill@zdch·2d

To a point someone (I think @besttrousers) made earlier today, a lot of political disagreements really do boil down to a misunderstanding of fact. I think a lot of M4A people think if you passed the policy, literally no one would get denied claims or services.

Secular Talk ([email protected])@KyleKulinski

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@PositivistWitch Then I will die trying.

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Ariele 🏗️🌐🏳️‍⚧️@PositivistWitch·1d

you are not going to coordinate 4 billion people into cooperating on a single shot strong nash equilibrium game no matter how hard you virtue signal

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@LibZionistNerd @zdch @besttrousers If you can't see the difference between harm reduction and profit I cannot help you

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The Nerd the Size of a Man@LibZionistNerd·1d

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers But the outcome is the same.

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@BarneyFlames @zdch @besttrousers United Healthcare got sued by shareholders for over-approving care after the death of their CEO, which this comic is referencing.

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Total NIMBY Death@BarneyFlames·1d

@MistakeCanadian @zdch @besttrousers the second thing does not exist, insurance company profits have no co-relation with claims

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·1d

@SkyeSharkie I'm doing my part!

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Utah teapot 🫖@SkyeSharkie·2d

There is a red button and a blue button, neither of them do anything, you have to press one, which do you press?

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@Jayseki To actually answer you I would probably refuse to be party to killing someone else/would not want to live in red button world and would vote blue up to some absurd number like 90+%.

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Private Tier@Jayseki·2d

@MistakeCanadian i mean it's the same question, really, just depends how you phrase it. something like: "if you are red, how *low* would the threshold have to get for you to switch to blue; if you are blue, how *high* would the threshold have to get for you to switch to red?"

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Private Tier@Jayseki·2d

really, the more interesting question is "at what threshold would you switch from blue to red?" and i don't think it's a moral question as much as it is a question about optimism, your views of the rest of humanity, etc

Private Tier@Jayseki

here's the thing about this thought experiment: the % threshold where everyone is saved (50% here) is *crucial* to the decision, yet very few people focus on it at all!

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@Jayseki I think it's a different question because red is always the safe option. Blue never becomes the perfectly safe option aside from at 0% on your model.

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@trades_en @dyingscribe Morally obligated, no, but do we not prefer and idolize the blue button pusher that does so because they're running into the proverbial burning building, diving into the water to save a drowning child, etc? Would Jesus of Nazareth push the red or blue button?

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EnDTrades@trades_en·2d

@dyingscribe Try distilling it down to the moral precedent instead of extrapolating beyond the scope of the question. Is the individual morally obligated to endanger themselves to shield their peers from the consequences of their own choices?

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Poe's Law, Esq: Poe's Lawyer@dyingscribe·2d

I want you to map out the consequences past the first order. Think about it deeply. First, think about the people who survive. Then, think about the societal effects of the choices and the death then, think about the downstream effects of that first-order thinking is: press red, live. I am asking people to go past that

Lovhes@genius_eu

@dyingscribe How would red button pushed be a "selfish, individualistic, and insufferable"? I'm asking because you're usually objective enough. Nowhere does in the premise hints whatsoever that the red button pusher are forbidden from making more people pick the "YOU'LL BE FINE 100%" button

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@JeremiahDJohns Trump shooting at the WH dinner might be secondary but it's mostly button discourse.

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Jeremiah Johnson 🌐@JeremiahDJohns·2d

Who's the main character today? What's the main topic on your timeline?

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@UNISOLDIERMUA I always assumed when he died he had a refractory period before coming back, perhaps relating to the brutality of his death previously.

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LXXXIII.@UNISOLDIERMUA·3d

Why did Immortal fake his death and let Andrew Johnson derail Reconstruction efforts and set back civil rights another century? Is he racist?

James | Meta Comics (FREE PALESTINE, FREE CONGO)@ComicsMeta

The Immortal being Abraham Lincoln does raise the question of why the Civil War happened if Immortal could just like fly in and end slavery.

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@prerat Would Jesus press red or blue?

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prerat@prerat·2d

THE LORD said, "the outcry is so great, and the sin so grevious. all blue must perish." avraham said "if there are >=50% blue votes will u spare blue" god said "yes for 50" "what about 45" "ok fine 45" "how about 10" "for 10 i will not destroy them"

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·2d

@Aella_Girl It lands on the yellow because I am pure of heart

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Aella@Aella_Girl·2d

Imagine a circle, with a little spinner on it that you can flick. The circle is 80% red and 20% yellow, like a yellow pie slice. You flick the spinner. It spins, and slowwwly stops. Where did it land?

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Canadian Mistake@MistakeCanadian·5d

@wolfyaltwitch Not hehe

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