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@LukeAlmighty @mangeurdenuage @coolboymew @harblinger I know this is a meme, but the idea that there are variances in ability therefore people with low ability should just suffer is incredibly stupid.
@Hyolobrika @LukeAlmighty @coolboymew @mangeurdenuage there's a lot of shoulds that would make an ideal world, nice to think about sometimes
@harblinger @LukeAlmighty @coolboymew @mangeurdenuage How on Earth is that a should that would make an ideal world? Are we communicating effectively?

@Hyolobrika @LukeAlmighty @coolboymew @mangeurdenuage

I guess I’ll go verbose

people with low ability should just suffer is incredibly stupid.

I was pointing out that particular use of should in your sentence. It’s not that they should, it’s just that they do. Idealists like to imagine a different use of should like: “People of high ability should forgo their own pleasure to lift those of low ability out of suffering”

Idealist thoughts like that are nice thoughts, but second order effects can bring about much more total suffering (think about the theory of evolution, if low ability offspring were lifted up and high ability offspring were suppressed, then as a total the species would suffer and become lower ability over time)

Does that communicate more effectively?

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Let's try the academic version:
If a single factor analysis suggests reduction in total suffering, it is inevitable that factors external to this single factor will add up to an even bigger problem.

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