@eigenrobot my wife registered some email addresses with my last name before we got married, and gets online deliveries with my last name, but didn't legally change it
where does that leave me
@goblinodds maybe they aren't as bad as a lot of other drugs, but you are still signing up to be with someone who is on a serious drug she needs to quit
@smilerz91@DKThomp Easily for a seasoned researcher who is aware of what's going on
Not for the average reader
The extra effort still matters, and you overestimate how hard most people will work to overcome small inconveniences
@sam_kritch@goblinodds@hyperdiscogirl to be clear I don't agree with utilitarians because i think they have an extreme bias toward things that they can measure and neglect things like culture
but i do think we should prefer metrics that better align with our values
@sam_kritch@goblinodds@hyperdiscogirl sure
but the death of an 85yo is not as sad as a child dying or becoming an orphan
and people can also grieve about developing chronic illness
there's no objective way to quantity grief but there are clearly some outcomes that feel like greater loss and suffering than others
@sam_kritch@hyperdiscogirl@goblinodds if anything it still undercounts the ratio of severity
quality adjusted life years are a very commonly used metric, and years at the end of life are given lower value
@sam_kritch@hyperdiscogirl@goblinodds in 1918 it was normal for people to drop dead from the flu at age 30
if you count expected years of life lost, covid really was about 10x milder
@sam_kritch@goblinodds people under 50 mostly remember that time as one more way they suffered for the benefit of boomers
raw death count is an easy metric to point to but it greatly overstates the level of tragedy
meanwhile the harm of lockdowns is hard to quantity in a way people can agree upon
@_skaface_@ArtemisConsort Synthesis: 3/4 of people vote to feel superior rather than to achieve good results and precisely those people should be disenfranchised.
@_skaface_@ArtemisConsort No, some ideologies are much better than others. Most political parties have deep flaws but they are so different that it is rare for two to be equally bad.
@matthewstoller@Chris_arnade You would rather blame the Trump administration and Israel than a terrorist for the actions of the terrorist
I presume Chris thinks that the terrorist is in fact more responsible for the terrorism, and therefore finds your take to be wholly wrong