1 infant or 100 old people with 1 year left?
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Suppose you have 100 elderly people who are, on average, 1 year off from dying, and 1 infant who has a life expectancy of 100 years. You have to choose one of these groups to save, what is the most ethical choice?
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Ethics aside, if you're trying to maximize near term productivity, the people who survived to old age are probably going to do better than the average baby. But if you're maximizing population replacement, it should be the baby.
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