“Benquo, replace “kill 3^^^^3 people” with “create 3^^^^3 disutility units” and the problem reappears.”
But what is a disutility unit? How can there be that many? How do you know that what he supposes to be a disutility unit isn’t from your persective a utility unit?
Any similarly outlandish claim is a challenge not merely to your beliefs, but to your mental vocabulary. It can’t be evaluated for probability until it’s evaluated for meaning.
Nick Tarleton, you say:
“Benquo, replace “kill 3^^^^3 people” with “create 3^^^^3 disutility units” and the problem reappears.”
But what is a disutility unit? How can there be that many? How do you know that what he supposes to be a disutility unit isn’t from your persective a utility unit?
Any similarly outlandish claim is a challenge not merely to your beliefs, but to your mental vocabulary. It can’t be evaluated for probability until it’s evaluated for meaning.