So because there is a continuum between the right answer (lots of torture) and the wrong answer (3^^^3 horribly blinded people), you would rather blind those people?
Nah, he was pretty clearly challenging the use of induction in the above post.
The larger problem is assuming linearity in an obviously nonlinear situation—this also explains why the induction appears to work either way. Applying 1 pound of force to someone’s kneecap is simply not 1/10th as bad as applying 10 pounds of force to someone’s kneecap.
So because there is a continuum between the right answer (lots of torture) and the wrong answer (3^^^3 horribly blinded people), you would rather blind those people?
Nah, he was pretty clearly challenging the use of induction in the above post.
The larger problem is assuming linearity in an obviously nonlinear situation—this also explains why the induction appears to work either way. Applying 1 pound of force to someone’s kneecap is simply not 1/10th as bad as applying 10 pounds of force to someone’s kneecap.