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Anubhav comments on A variant on the trolley problem and babies as unit of currency - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Anubhav 21 January 2012 12:49:57PM 3 points [-]

If you press the button on the box, one person somewhere in the world will die, you get $6000, and $4,000 is donated to one of the top rated charities on GiveWell.org.

Remove the randomisation of the victim and you have the perfect artefact for a Death Note rewrite.