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Re: Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation

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Post by shiroiushi » Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 8:39 AM UTC

Retric wrote: post #33

shiroiushi wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The guy sounds like the epitome of the sociopathic CEO. Smartest guy in the room, knows better than all the trained, experienced engineers who urged caution. Too bad his passengers listened to him. No, he doesn't sounds sociopathic at all . People who "know better" than all the specialists aren't showing a sociopathic personality trait at all. Arrogance and stupidity, perhaps, but those aren't equated with sociopath…

Actually, sociopaths don’t just lack empathy, there’s actual cognitive impairment involved in terms of judging risks and outcomes. > People with ASPD don’t care very much about other people’s well-being. They may take risks that jeopardize their own safety and others’. https://therapist.com/personality/sociopathy/ Disregarding consequences, acting impulsively, etc are major signs. So no disregarding safety concerns a…

>So no disregarding safety concerns and getting into an unsafe situation really is sociopathic behavior.

Roughly half the US population acted exactly this way during the COVID-19 pandemic: refusing to wear masks or get vaccinations despite expert recommendations at the time. There's no way that half of a large population is sociopathic; they're just stubborn fools.

Re: Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation

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Post by Retric » Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

shiroiushi wrote: post #41

Retric wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, sociopaths don’t just lack empathy, there’s actual cognitive impairment involved in terms of judging risks and outcomes. > People with ASPD don’t care very much about other people’s well-being. They may take risks that jeopardize their own safety and others’. https://therapist.com/personality/sociopathy/ Disregarding consequences, acting impulsively, etc are major signs. So no disregarding safety concerns a…

>So no disregarding safety concerns and getting into an unsafe situation really is sociopathic behavior. Roughly half the US population acted exactly this way during the COVID-19 pandemic: refusing to wear masks or get vaccinations despite expert recommendations at the time. There's no way that half of a large population is sociopathic; they're just stubborn fools.

I think peoples risk tolerance is more rational than you might assume.

70+ year olds where vastly more likely to get vaccinated and use masks etc. https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-st...

Younger people to it less seriously, but they also had vastly lower risks. In the US below 9,000 people under the age of 30 died out of 1.1 million and of those many had significant health issues. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...

You shouldn’t expect those groups to react the same when one is facing 100x the risk of the other.

Re: Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation

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Post by blkhawk » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

shiroiushi wrote: post #40

blkhawk wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US you can sue anybody for anything. If its not completely and absolutely spurios it will get at least a hearing.

Of course, you can hire a lawyer and sue anybody for anything. But hiring that lawyer and filing court motions costs money, so there's no point if the entity you're suing has no money. That's why I was curious, but according to other posts here, it does seem there might be at least some money to go after.

if you ask for less than a court battle would cost you can just ask for slightly less than what that would cost the other party. In the US each party pays their own cost generally.