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I’ll take their chances (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh that's an interesting one. The expected value is higher if you pull the lever, so based on pure logic you shouldn't.

But I think I would, hoping for that 3/4 where I don't live with the guilt. I guess you can't expected value qualitative factors. But I always roll 1s in Blood Bowl so maybe that's dangerous.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I think the calculus comes down to “will I feel 5x worse if five people die than if just one dies?” Chances are, no, it is more of a binary yes/no for feeling guilty. So from a purely selfish standpoint I want to minimize the chances I will walk away regretting my decision. That means pulling the lever.

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