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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    1. JG did not destroy her world. He removed his effort from it and influenced others to remove theirs. Dagny also had power to influence, especially those she personally knew and worked with.
    2. During that 12 years, while working for TT, and then the JGL, he did not sabotage Dagny's efforts in any way.
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  • Posted by Lucky 12 years, 3 months ago
    Remember that this is a test not an instruction manual, a test of nothing. Another thought, push off the bridge the psycho-shrink who contrives questions designed to create causeless guilt - truly for the common good in this case.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 12 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, I had the same view.
    Except everyone's making an assumption I won't make.

    My response was, "insufficient data for meaningful answer".
    Am I on the train? Is my life also in danger?
    If neither, then most likely I will do nothing more than watch in horror.
    Who are the people in danger? Doctors, scientists, serial killers, Moslems, illegal aliens, relatives, people I owe money to... who?

    For me, four people dying is no worse than one person dying.

    If I'm aboard the train, or near it, I will attempt to stop it or derail it, or warn the people to get the hell off the tracks.
    If I'm on the overpass with the fat guy, I will start shouting for people to get the hell out of the way of the train.

    No, I will not sacrrifice another individual for the sake of four individuals, unless the individual is myself.

    "this reminds me... say you meet someone cute at a funeral and want to ask them out, but don't get the chance to get their number before you leave. how do you guarantee you'll see this cute person again? "

    if you're John Galt, you stalk her for 12 years, and destroy her world...
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  • Posted by $ minniepuck 12 years, 3 months ago
    interesting video. would you push them over to derail or stop the train?

    if my understanding of what constitutes a psychopath is correct, then a problem I see with this example is the mitigating circumstance. while the non-psychopath would chuck over the fat person to save the four folks stuck on the rail below, they'd still feel bad about killing the fat guy. The psychopath would not. the mitigating circumstance needs to be taken out to better distinguish between the two. for example, the psychopath would chuck the fat guy over just to get a better view of the skyline. he doesn't care about saving four people. for a normal person, the benefit of killing someone for a better view doesn't justify their death. kind of makes me want to watch Dexter again.

    this reminds me... say you meet someone cute at a funeral and want to ask them out, but don't get the chance to get their number before you leave. how do you guarantee you'll see this cute person again?
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