On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:45:11 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 11/22/2017 8:45 AM, Leon wrote:
On 11/22/2017 6:52 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 10:04:43 AM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
wrote:

I have to say, I am sorry to see that.

* technophobia [tek-nuh-foh-bee-uh]
* noun -- abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced
technology.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzEeJc...policy=3&rel=0


I'm not sure how this will work out on usenet, but I'm going to present
a scenario and ask for an answer. After some amount of time, maybe 48
hours,
since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I'll expand on that scenario and ask for
another answer.

Trust me, this will eventually lead back to technology, AI and most
certainly, people.

In the following scenario you must assume that all options have been
considered and narrowed down to only 2. Please just accept that the
situation is as stated and that you only have 2 choices. If we get into
"Well, in a real life situation, you'd have to factor in this, that and
the other thing" we'll never get through this exercise.

Here goes:

5 workers are standing on the railroad tracks. A train is heading in
their
direction. They have no escape route. If the train continues down the
tracks,
it will most assuredly kill them all.

You are standing next to the lever that will switch the train to another
track before it reaches the workers. On the other track is a lone worker,
also with no escape route.

You have 2, and only 2, options. If you do nothing, all 5 workers will
be killed. If you pull the lever, only 1 worker will be killed.

Which option do you choose?


Pull the lever, Choosing to do nothing is the choice to kill 5.

Well I have mentioned this before, and it goes back to comments I have
made in the past about decision making. It seems the majority here use
emotional over rational thinking to come up with a decision.

It was said you only have two choices and who these people are or might
be is not a consideration. You can't make a rational decision with
what-if's. You only have two options, kill 5 or kill 1. Rational for
me says save 5, for the rest of you that are bringing in scenarios past
what should be considered will waste too much time and you end up with a
kill before you decide what to do.

Rational thinking would state that trains run on a schedule, the
switch would be locked, and for better or worse the five were not
supposed to be there in the first place.

So how can I make a decision more rational than the scheduler, even if
I had the key to the lock.