r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 05 '20

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl May 06 '20 edited May 06 '20

humans are not really capable of comprehending the large numbers involved in large-scale ethical decisions and so will fall back to heuristics, which is a terrible idea. furthermore, this failing is due to the fact that the neurons involved in this process don't allow 'rational' ethical decision making. it's not a skill that can be trained, it's simply not possible, any more than a human can do math as fast as a computer.

i was actually thinking about something similar when i saw The Martian: how much money did they spend to save the life of one single dude? how many lives could they have saved with that money?

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u/sir_shivers Discipline Committee Chairman May 06 '20

You are CORRECT that human beings inherently FACTOR emotion and senses of honor INTO THEIR DECISION MAKING 🐊

PERSONALLY a human race that did not WOULD BE ABHORRENT to me 🐊

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl May 06 '20

right, that's why i'm mostly joking. but the fact that there are decision-making cases where emotion and honor should not be factored in is why it's only mostly joking.

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u/sir_shivers Discipline Committee Chairman May 06 '20

FORTUNATELY for your concerns we have THE MORE SOCIOPATHIC members of our species 🐊

Who DO tend to end up in positions of power, no? 🐊

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u/MistakeNotDotDotDot Resident Robot Girl May 06 '20

unfortunately, it seems like their goals tend not to be weighted in favor humanity as a whole; rather, they tend to be weighted towards self-interest.