Bemxuu

Bemxuu t1_j418qmi wrote

Also, Russia has stopped supplying gas through some of their pipes in July. Remember all that jazz about maintenance, turbines stuck in Sweden, Germany vouching for Russia to get the turbines, and that ultimately not leading to resumption (if that's the word) of gas supply through those pipes? Guess what were the months :)

Some of those 35% is most likely explained by that.

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Bemxuu t1_iu3m1li wrote

That sometimes having no choice is better from some perspectives. Sorry if I did not deliver that thought, I should've specified.

Edit: Also, sorry for even bringing it up, but that episode left a lasting impression on me, and I can't stop recalling it whenever anyone says having some choice is better than having none.

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Bemxuu t1_iu3b0yw wrote

Logically, yes. Psychologically, no.

It's a bit like a trolley problem: you have 5 people on 1st track, 1 on 2nd track, and trolley is running towards the 1st. You can pull the lever and save 4 people - but your mind will get fixated on you killing that poor 1.

Speaking of which, I highly recommend VSauce's "Mind field" series. I think s2e1 was dedicated to it, I think.

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