Peter Singer's famous pond thought experiment threw me in to philosophical dilemma over a decade ago. My mind urged me fish for any reason why it's conclusions were invalid, for any escape from accepting its inconvenient implications. I never found one.

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17 To Drain the Pond or Dive In - Omission Bias

MAY 17, 201744 MIN
IMPACTivism: Get better at doing good

17 To Drain the Pond or Dive In - Omission Bias

MAY 17, 201744 MIN

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Peter Singer's famous pond thought experiment threw me in to philosophical dilemma over a decade ago. My mind urged me fish for any reason why it's conclusions were invalid, for any escape from accepting its inconvenient implications. I never found one.