Training your mind to respond to binary decisions by ruling out any options not explicitly presented is a deliberate subversion of the drive to cheat, which might, in the long term, compromise your ability to win.
That is actually a really good point. Getting in the habit of “accepting the problem as stated” could be a very bad thing.
However, this scenario was contrived right from the beginning. A magical cure from eating frozen brains? Unlikely. It was a question about where to draw the line on the ethical worth of living things, that was illustrated with a little story.
However, this scenario was contrived right from the beginning.
Not necessarily. I’ve heard it seriously suggested that societies sufficiently advanced to safely revive cryopreserved people might find … more interesting things to do with them. “Spare parts” is one of the possibilities.
That is actually a really good point. Getting in the habit of “accepting the problem as stated” could be a very bad thing.
However, this scenario was contrived right from the beginning. A magical cure from eating frozen brains? Unlikely. It was a question about where to draw the line on the ethical worth of living things, that was illustrated with a little story.
Not necessarily. I’ve heard it seriously suggested that societies sufficiently advanced to safely revive cryopreserved people might find … more interesting things to do with them. “Spare parts” is one of the possibilities.