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Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)13:05:47 No.16829798

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Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)13:05:47 No.16829798

breaking up with a girlfriend who wants a child in the future is a case of retroactively aborting a hypothetical child

having sex on a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday is an abortion

leaning to the left instead of the right when you orgasm inside your wife is an abortion

the child born after a previous abortion or miscarriage relies on this prior sacrifice for their very existence

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)15:17:38 No.16829883

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)15:17:38 No.16829883

>>16829798
Look into Functional Decision Theory if you're not already familiar.
It's related.

Tl;dr is decisions should be made independently of present circumstances.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)17:37:25 No.16830051

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)17:37:25 No.16830051

>>16829883
>don't check the weather
>you should just know if you need an umbrella

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:02:04 No.16830267

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:02:04 No.16830267

>>16829798
Abortions all the way up and down

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:14:31 No.16830271

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:14:31 No.16830271

>>16830051
Not quite. Here's a prime example of two more "standard" decision theories vs functional:

You're being blackmailed, whatever harm they could do objectively outweighs the ransom:
>Causal decision theory
Pay the man. Paying him causes no further losses. Not paying him results in worse outcome.
>Evidential decision theory
That you payed the man is evidence that he won't do the worse harm to you. That you didn't pay him is evidence that he will. So pay him.
>Functional Decision Theory
A world where I always pay blackmailers and everyone knows it is one where I get blackmailed. A world where I never pay blackmailers and everyone knows it is one where I don't get blackmailed. So never pay the blackmailer.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:29:13 No.16830280

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:29:13 No.16830280

>>16830271
>mmorpg prisoners dilemma
Oh, wow. Quite the conundrum you have set up for yourself there. Have fun watching the paint dry from your corner.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:39:14 No.16830284

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:39:14 No.16830284

>>16830271
Mm okay, let me try... A world where I never take an umbrella is the world where I occasionally get soaked... Help me out anon.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:42:53 No.16830285

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:42:53 No.16830285

>>16830284
Always have an umbrella ofc.
Don't forget your swimming trunks and snow shoes either.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)22:47:24 No.16830286

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)22:47:24 No.16830286

>>16830285
I think I'm beginning to get it. A world where I leave my house is the world where I sometimes get killed by a car, robber, a lightning. I see. I see it now. It's what I suspected long ago, but was unable to prove mathematically.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)23:29:51 No.16830304

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)23:29:51 No.16830304

>>16830286
Just FYI the questionable logic of FDT is where Rokko's Basilisk comes from.

Anonymous
10/28/25(Tue)23:47:16 No.16830319

Anonymous 10/28/25(Tue)23:47:16 No.16830319

>>16830286
>god gave me five senses
>i refuse to use them
>god's grace alone is enough
Uh, Anon.

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