• GeneralInterest@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The thing is that you can’t guarantee safety. Things can always go wrong. Perhaps that’s why people are cautious about it.

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      6 months ago

      It’s a hypothetical, you’re supposed to ignore the logistics. That said, you are correct, a bunch of people cited this reason.

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        6 months ago

        Hypotheticals can be interesting but I think they’re more interesting when you think about how they would actually work in reality.

        Like if someone says “would you give up alcohol forever for £1 million”. Surely the interesting part of that question is thinking about how it would work in reality. For example would you be allowed to take the £1 million, invest it, end up with several million, then pay back the original £1 million so you can drink alcohol again?