tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post6046797180686276023..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: The Final Answer: You are BOTH CrazyMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-57059381042309970952011-10-11T15:08:25.784-04:002011-10-11T15:08:25.784-04:00Let me say first that I'm not an economist, an...Let me say first that I'm not an economist, and I'd probably chose the old lady in that situation.<br /><br />That said, it's really hard to believe how many people seem to think a utility function where a human life is more valuable than anything else is so obviously right that anyone who holds a different view should be mocked. <br /><br />I mean, what if you're choosing between saving an art museum currently housing all the portable works of da Vinci, Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso, and on the other hand, saving a mass murderer in the final stages of terminal cancer? And contrawise, if the life of human strangers is infinitely valuable, why the hell did you just buy a new TV set when that money could have been used to help save lives in an utterly destitute third-world country?SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815984722071185197noreply@blogger.com