But we’re talking about ‘normal’ people, not professional torturers. I am fairly confident the LW community is torturers-free, DUST SPECKS controversy notwithstanding :)
My hypothesis is that you are making a logical declarative statement, not actually imagining the process.
But I guess if you insist that you are, and if many people agree with you, I will have to update...
Do you think all professional torturers are evil mutants, or what?
I don’t know. I never saw one in my life.
I took this possibility seriously, so I just spent a minute imagining the process in as much detail as possible. I’m willing to come down to a hundred million.
Hmm. Ok, another hypothesis: do you use an argument like “I’ll use the money I’ll get to improve the conditions of lots of other people, stop many other tortures going all over the world”, or something similar? It didn’t work for me, but it may make sense for a stronger rationalist.
But we’re talking about ‘normal’ people, not professional torturers. I am fairly confident the LW community is torturers-free, DUST SPECKS controversy notwithstanding :)
My hypothesis is that you are making a logical declarative statement, not actually imagining the process.
But I guess if you insist that you are, and if many people agree with you, I will have to update...
What’s the distinction you’re making here? Do you think all professional torturers are evil mutants, or what?
I took this possibility seriously, so I just spent a minute imagining the process in as much detail as possible.
I’m willing to come down to a hundred million.
I don’t know. I never saw one in my life.
Hmm. Ok, another hypothesis: do you use an argument like “I’ll use the money I’ll get to improve the conditions of lots of other people, stop many other tortures going all over the world”, or something similar?
It didn’t work for me, but it may make sense for a stronger rationalist.