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Author Topic:   Economics of Saving Lives
Jon
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Message 16 of 18 (766128)
08-12-2015 11:25 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Stile
08-12-2015 10:34 AM


Re: The Purpose
I'm sorry, I guess you'll have to explain that to me a little better.
It was pointed out in the Gun thread that citing the desire to preserve life as a motivating factor behind gun control is hypocritical if there are clearly more effective ways of saving lives, especially if those other ways are deliberately ignored.
So I suppose 'immoral' might not be the best word and places too much of my own value judgements on the situation. But if people claim that saving lives is their goal (and this thread is directed at such people), then it only makes sense to take the next step of figuring out how to go about maximizing our use off resources by meeting that goal as fully as possible.
I guess this thread is a chance for folks from the Gun thread to put up evidence where it can be challenged: to put up our shut up, as it were. Though I'm not limiting the discussion only to comparisons with gun control.

Love your enemies!

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xongsmith
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Message 17 of 18 (766130)
08-12-2015 2:08 PM


You folks may want to acquaint yourselves with linear programming, if you haven't heard about it before:
a method to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a mathematical model whose requirements are represented by linear relationships. Linear programming is a special case of mathematical programming (mathematical optimization).
Linear programming - Wikipedia
I have also worked with non-linear programming (actually quadratic programming), which deals with more complex relationships:
Nonlinear programming - Wikipedia

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Stile
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Message 18 of 18 (766132)
08-12-2015 2:24 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by Jon
08-12-2015 11:25 AM


Re: The Purpose
Jon writes:
It was pointed out in the Gun thread that citing the desire to preserve life as a motivating factor behind gun control is hypocritical if there are clearly more effective ways of saving lives, especially if those other ways are deliberately ignored.
Ah, I see. My blunder... I don't read that Gun thread too closely. It's not exactly a topic I'm interested in.
Carry on!

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