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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting hypothetical.

It would be even more interesting to put spins on it.

-OP's scenario but you know a member of that 10% will cure your grandchild's rare disease

-OP's scenario but the button only works on members of the 10% who are not wealthy

-OP's scenario but it only works on the top 10% in a community that is not your own

It's important to think of it from different angles to tease out where the biases and insecurities lie that are leading to the knee jerk reactions.
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FWIW I would push the button in all of those, without question.  [b]If there are no downside how is this a hard decision[/b] at all?  [/quote]

The purpose of the hypothetical is to show how many people care more about the relative distribution than anything else. They would rather the entire population were dumber and lower-achieving so long as there's less difference between the top and the bottom. [/quote]

I agree that is what OP intended, but I don’t think that’s what it is actually showing. My read is that most of the people saying no were fighting the scenario NOT answering the question as written. I think it’s two groups talking past each other. [/quote]

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