alt Hacker News> cannot apply consequentialism when the outcome is unknown
Can you not substitute the mean expected outcome where the factual outcome is not yet known?
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Sporktacular • 01/03/2026
Not when you're claming the moral high ground and all you have is guesswork.
If you have the data, are extremely careful and build a coalition, maybe. This admin has done none of that and the answer if asked will be “eat shit”. Blows my fucking mind that there are apologists for this.