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by ClumsyPilot 1246 days ago
nono, imagine you have a personal 1 seater plane

The presence of a backup option affects your decision making. Human brain assumes the backup is reliable. If you install some 50/50 backup, you put more people at risk

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Right — that situation is completely unlike the actual one. Different situations reasonably have different constraints.

Why is imagining something completely different useful?