These do not seem contradictory. One can divide at the low end, and multiply at the high end. I don’t think I’ve multiplied as much as Eliezer, but I may have divided as much as you—though I suspect other unknown factors make me generally less empathetic, and so unaffected by random murders or school shootings or individual car crashes far from myself. A large enough harm, if novel, will lead me to double-take and feel real horror.
These do not seem contradictory. One can divide at the low end, and multiply at the high end. I don’t think I’ve multiplied as much as Eliezer, but I may have divided as much as you—though I suspect other unknown factors make me generally less empathetic, and so unaffected by random murders or school shootings or individual car crashes far from myself. A large enough harm, if novel, will lead me to double-take and feel real horror.