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Yeah I think the analogy gets the basics right; it is similar in kind, just different in the specifics. Back when I was trying to...

I think the seatbelt analogy is quite good, though. Why do we mandate people to use seatbelt? Because they are demonstrated to diminish...

But regulations are not statements of fact. They weigh many competing concerns, like whether they violate any rights and how to balance...

This is true. Or at least we're agreeing on this. No, I wasn't. I was saying initially that consensus would be impossible to find...

That’s always a safe diagnosis to make!

Sure, and that's great (and interesting!) when it shows that different countries do find sometimes widely different solutions to apply...

so, while taking a shower i thought about WebMD's Symptom Checker and all the jokes about it basically saying you're going to die and...

Sure. Nobody is proposing, as far as I know, to trust a general purpose LLM with a diagnosis. However, if I wanted to know about a few...

I meant it literally. That is why I quoted your phrasing. I'm speaking about the justification for the law, not the text of the law...

Turn based combat. Eg: If you line up a million people and each one uses a free action to pass a piece of paper (or whatever) from one...

Please use a more reasonable example. I can't tell you what I would do to address a situation that ridiculous.

Do you think that situation is likely to occur in an actual game run by a GM?

Can we try to find an example arguing against simulation that doesn't involve hit points? Just as a change of pace?

This is incorrect. You mentionned the Sackler case as an illustration of how you said liability works (and how actual use, even if...

I can confirm this is accurate. My buddy and I both jumped from the roof of a 5 story building. I landed and shrugged, thanks to my...