From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 16:34:46 MDT
Hal Finney wrote,
> By killing off the less happy half of the human race, we can greatly
> increase average happiness, hence this is an acceptable goal for the
> averagist.
This is flawed. The happiness number of the remaining people did not
change. It is exactly the same as they would have measured before the
slaughter. You are comparing measurements from different groups of people,
so they appear different. But this difference is due to the different
groups having different qualities, not due to any change.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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