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thylacine
06-10-2007, 10:36 PM
Suppose you have a dilemma. What do you do about it?
vhawk01
06-10-2007, 10:38 PM
Flip.
godBoy
06-10-2007, 10:40 PM
If you have to, choose the more moral option.
vhawk01
06-10-2007, 10:45 PM
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If you have to, choose the more moral option.

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LOL
godBoy
06-10-2007, 11:00 PM
Is something funny?

Perhaps I should have said,
If you have to choose, choose the more moral option.

Which was what I meant.
godBoy
06-10-2007, 11:00 PM
LOL.
vhawk01
06-10-2007, 11:11 PM
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Is something funny?

Perhaps I should have said,
If you have to choose, choose the more moral option.

Which was what I meant.

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What kind of lame-ass faux-dilemma do you have in mind, here?
godBoy
06-10-2007, 11:14 PM
If there's any choice where both options are undesirable why is suggesting making the more moral choice a bad one?
vhawk01
06-10-2007, 11:16 PM
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If there's any choice where both options are undesirable why is suggesting making the more moral choice a bad one?

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Because you are just saying "Pick the best option."
godBoy
06-10-2007, 11:18 PM
yes. [censored] hilarious.
PLOlover
06-10-2007, 11:21 PM
construct a probablility model and do a cost/benefit analysis on expected outcomes.
vhawk01
06-10-2007, 11:30 PM
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yes. [censored] hilarious.

[/ QUOTE ]No, I'm serious. Your point is laughable. It is completely redundant and doesn't solve anything.
godBoy
06-10-2007, 11:34 PM
You're right.. 'Flip' was much more helpful than telling people to trust common sense and morality.
chezlaw
06-10-2007, 11:59 PM
suffer it, learn to live with it, then try to avoid it in the future.

chez
vhawk01
06-11-2007, 12:05 AM
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You're right.. 'Flip' was much more helpful than telling people to trust common sense and morality.

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Ok, so we were both being intentionally facetious? Thats fine, my mistake, carry on.
Sephus
06-11-2007, 01:19 AM
post it on smp, unless it somehow involves eating feces.
PairTheBoard
06-11-2007, 02:40 AM
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Suppose you have a dilemma. What do you do about it?

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Solve it.


PairTheBoard
Subfallen
06-11-2007, 11:43 AM
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Suppose you have a dilemma. What do you do about it?

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Great question. First, Getty has been heavily involved in his solo album, and hasn't returned my calls. Nonetheless I am in touch with his people...well, with Consuela, the maid who cleans his house mornings; she is making our collective presence as obtrusive as possible...he's getting a Post-It on the fridge, I do know that...
soon2bepro
06-11-2007, 01:14 PM
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Suppose you have a dilemma. What do you do about it?

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Use whatever method works to convince you that there is one correct course of action
vhawk01
06-11-2007, 02:32 PM
Serious answer: I have no idea. I don't have dilemmas. I can count on one hand the decisions in my life that it has taken me more than 2 seconds to make, and in each of those cases I was really just stalling because the decision sucked. You know the baseball cliche, tie goes to the runner? Well, thats not actually a rule, and for good reason, since there is no such thing as a tie. Some decisions are relly, really close, but none of them are ties.
oe39
06-11-2007, 02:48 PM
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If you have to, choose the more moral option.

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in the absence of god, no option can be considered superior to any other
Sephus
06-11-2007, 02:57 PM
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If you have to, choose the more moral option.

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in the absence of god, no option can be considered superior to any other

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wheeeee!

here's a hint: modify your definition of "superior" until you can.
timsbucktwo
06-11-2007, 02:59 PM
Guys, please refer to my time travel paradox and ignore this troll BS
MaxWeiss
06-13-2007, 05:05 AM
ban
PantsOnFire
06-13-2007, 12:33 PM
Shoot the fat guy.
Capitan23
06-13-2007, 07:52 PM
go with the odds
LooseCaller
06-13-2007, 08:08 PM
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If you have to, choose the more moral option.

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in the absence of god, no option can be considered superior to any other

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wheeeee!

here's a hint: modify your definition of "superior" until you can.

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thank you for pointing this out. it is really amazing how many people use that argument without ever considering this really basic resolution.
Zeno
06-13-2007, 08:24 PM
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Suppose you have a dilemma. What do you do about it?

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Blame it on someone else. Then go on a violent rampage, get caught, you are a victim, have a circus trial, get acquitted, write a book, make a movie, get rich, retire on French Rivera.

Next question (or, repeat as above as often as necessary).

-Zeno
wazz
06-13-2007, 11:38 PM
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Serious answer: I have no idea. I don't have dilemmas. I can count on one hand the decisions in my life that it has taken me more than 2 seconds to make, and in each of those cases I was really just stalling because the decision sucked. You know the baseball cliche, tie goes to the runner? Well, thats not actually a rule, and for good reason, since there is no such thing as a tie. Some decisions are relly, really close, but none of them are ties.

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In the same way that you could artificially construct poker situations where calling, folding and raising all have exactly the same EV, I'm sure you could artificially construct a dilemma where each option has equal but nonidentical value. Continuing with the poker analogy, you'd make your decision on which has less 'variance'.