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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?

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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
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RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
November 2, 2010 at 9:18 pm
(November 2, 2010 at 7:56 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: But he has been saying 1 person suffering vs. 10,000 people suffering identically until that quote.

Yeah because he used two different cases and then just suddenly changed them.

Case 1. Group 1 = (1*1x) Group 2 = (10,000*1x). Every individual suffers equally, Group 2 contains more suffering.

Case 2. Group 1 = (1*10,000x). Group 2 - (10,000*1x). Each group suffers equally, in Group 1 the pain experienced by an individual is 10,000 times greater.
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