my scissors hit the deck...

[pandacular]

You have health insurance, I am sure!

On this side of the Atlantic, that's never such a sure thing...

 

[leatherback]

On this side of the Atlantic, that's never such a sure thing...

exactly. I sacrifice my feet, no thinking about it. Dr will sew it back up. But across the BigPond, that is an issue I understand.

 

[pandacular]

I have a very strong "move out of the way instinct". In fact, that instinct has gotten me in trouble with my partner at least two times I recall when I was apparently supposed to protect her. but hey, you can only fight instinct so much!

 

[Gabler]

Now the tricky question to all..

You are working barefoot on a concrete floor and the scissors drop. Do you put your feet in between the falling tool and the concrete or not?

1) I like the trolley problem format; and

2) The bones in your feet could still blunt the tip.

 

[leatherback]

trolley problem format

WHat is that ?

 

[pandacular]

A famous philosophy/psychology thought - experiment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

The fun of the trolley problem is that phrasing it differently gets different results. In fact, in the most recent survey of English speaking philosophers, about 63% said they would not pull the level in the original phrasing, but then 56% said they would push a man off a bridge to save 5 live, despite the very similar phrasing.

edited to add that I found the survey. This links to a PDF, so it may download on click:

https://philarchive.org/archive/BOUPOP-3

I suspect @Gabler will find this rather interesting. perhaps we need a philosophy thread in the tea house?

 

[leatherback]

A famous philosophy/psychology thought - experiment.

Ah yeah, know the concept of that dilemma.

 

[milehigh_7]

You have health insurance, I am sure!

I heal fast.