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Can't this argument be summed up more eloquently?
Outcomes will be positive or negative.
If + = good
Then - = bad
Each consequence has a value.
The values added together for each column will yield a positive, negative or zero value.
Add the values for each column, and the column with the highest value is the action that's most desirable.
The flaw (if you want to call it that) is that most subscribers to column 'A' want to supplement column 'B' with extra negative consequences and the subscribers to column 'B' want to do the same to column 'A'
The only way to keep this scientific would be to have an objective group assign the values to each column. Since there are no people that don't live on Earth (that we know of) we cannot achieve the assembly of such a group.
Therefore (deep breath), the entire argument is moot, and we should do nothing b/c that's the column that includes the single "zero" consequence which is:
Do nothing, and nothing happens good or bad.
Outcomes will be positive or negative.
If + = good
Then - = bad
Each consequence has a value.
The values added together for each column will yield a positive, negative or zero value.
Add the values for each column, and the column with the highest value is the action that's most desirable.
The flaw (if you want to call it that) is that most subscribers to column 'A' want to supplement column 'B' with extra negative consequences and the subscribers to column 'B' want to do the same to column 'A'
The only way to keep this scientific would be to have an objective group assign the values to each column. Since there are no people that don't live on Earth (that we know of) we cannot achieve the assembly of such a group.
Therefore (deep breath), the entire argument is moot, and we should do nothing b/c that's the column that includes the single "zero" consequence which is:
Do nothing, and nothing happens good or bad.
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Fair enough. But the point still remains. Even if it was only water, the pipes are most likely not designed to handle that much water pressure, and would therefore burst.
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Water cannot be compressed. If it were just water being flushed, the volume would only matter as it relates to the pressure it would create. Just like in electricity... So...
If the pipes are capable of handling 'x' pressure... and the volume of the water raises water pressure to anything greater than 'x'... obviously the pipes will rupture.
The thing is that it's not just water. Like Duncs says above, there is fecal matter and paper and other things to consider here. I would postulate that the miscellaneous items in the pipes would without a doubt create many obstructions as the pressure forces globs of them together in the sewage pipes.
Therefore, it seems pretty logical that the pipes would most definitely rupture in multiple places causing total failure of the sewage system.
All that... equals poop in your yard.
If the pipes are capable of handling 'x' pressure... and the volume of the water raises water pressure to anything greater than 'x'... obviously the pipes will rupture.
The thing is that it's not just water. Like Duncs says above, there is fecal matter and paper and other things to consider here. I would postulate that the miscellaneous items in the pipes would without a doubt create many obstructions as the pressure forces globs of them together in the sewage pipes.
Therefore, it seems pretty logical that the pipes would most definitely rupture in multiple places causing total failure of the sewage system.
All that... equals poop in your yard.
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"Therefore (deep breath), the entire argument is moot, and we should do nothing b/c that’s the column that includes the single “zero” consequence which is:"
should read:
"Therefore (deep breath), the entire argument is moot, and we should do nothing b/c that’s the column that includes the one consequence that most will undoubtedly deem worthy of the highest positive value which is:"