@[email protected] to [email protected] • 9 days agoWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down124
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minus-square[email protected]link29•9 days agoAs grim as it might be, transplants are handled by apathetic, risk averse math and little else. Loose organs and surgeons are far from common.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•8 days agoHonestly I find that the opposite of grim, I wish more problems were solved in a cold and calculated way.
minus-square@VirtualOdourlink2•7 days agoLike killing disabled people because it’s cheaper, farming slaves to provide cheap labour, that sort of thing? There a good reason we tend to prefer the more humane and emotionally guided solutions over the mathematically most efficient.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days agoThat’s only true if you are optimising for profit. You can make a purely logical argument for caring for people.
As grim as it might be, transplants are handled by apathetic, risk averse math and little else. Loose organs and surgeons are far from common.
Honestly I find that the opposite of grim, I wish more problems were solved in a cold and calculated way.
Like killing disabled people because it’s cheaper, farming slaves to provide cheap labour, that sort of thing?
There a good reason we tend to prefer the more humane and emotionally guided solutions over the mathematically most efficient.
That’s only true if you are optimising for profit. You can make a purely logical argument for caring for people.