“Some people like bagels. But what if someone poisoned your bagel with a poison that made your blood turn into fire ants?”
I don’t know if it’s an autism thing… but I’m definitely going to have to include that in a hypothetical one of these days. :)
YES. Something like:
“So Omega offers you a bagel, saying ‘Here is a bagel. If this is a thought experiment, it is filled with fire-ant poison.’ Do you eat it?!”
?
Absolutely! After all, eating fire-ant poison in a thought experiment is harmless, whereas in the real world I’d have a tasty bagel.
I don’t know if it’s an autism thing… but I’m definitely going to have to include that in a hypothetical one of these days. :)
YES. Something like:
“So Omega offers you a bagel, saying ‘Here is a bagel. If this is a thought experiment, it is filled with fire-ant poison.’ Do you eat it?!”
?
Absolutely! After all, eating fire-ant poison in a thought experiment is harmless, whereas in the real world I’d have a tasty bagel.