Comment by Richard McDaniel (richard-mcdaniel) on Torture vs. Dust Specks · 2022-04-28T03:12:09.872Z · LW · GW

Gee, tough choice. We either spread the suffering around so that it’s not too intense for anyone or we scapegoat a single unlucky person into oblivion. I think you’d have to be a psychopath to torture someone just because “numbers go BRRR.”