Thread: BluffThis and Chezlaw's Weird Philosophical Contortions
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Old 09-12-2007, 03:57 PM
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Default Re: BluffThis and Chezlaw\'s Weird Philosophical Contortions
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Can I take an agnostic position on this? i.e. I don't feel qualified to make this judgment and I am not sure that anyone else is qualified either.

Is killing 5 kids better than killing 8?

[/ QUOTE ] I don't think you are allowed to take the agnostic position on this, but this has some clear similarities to the huge coinflipping discussion. So some expert mathematicians on this forum might disagree with me.
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