• TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      Touche. But no, my point was more of a haphazard reflection on how both the Trolley Problem and Prisoner’s Dilemma are (by design) built on the idea of reducing human life and/or morality and empathy down to a math problem. It is a method of thought that has its purposes, sure, but I think too many people make that their default setting, which makes dehumanization more common, even if subconsciously. Idk man, I’m going through some stuff

      Edit: Fixed a pretty bad typo

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        13 hours ago

        Given that this problem is given during corporate interviews … it probably screens for the requisite level of sociopathy.