@ucme
Haha, you’re right. Shoddy way of measuring love, in my opinion.
I hate to harp on this again, but heck, I’ll do it.
Anyone recall the Milgram Experiment? “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment”
Ask people about what they’d do, and everyone claims that they would be part of the tiny portion who didn’t take part in the shocking. It’s total hogwash. MOST people went along with it, despite misgivings.
I made a lot of people in my highschool Psych class when everyone claimed that THEY would be noble, of course, and I told them that statistically, everyone in our class would have gone along with it and that they were full of s__t.
@LostInParadise
That’s a good idea if it’s a “tie”. I prefer the utilitarian method. Who does the most good in the world, who provides the most positive? Who has the most potential to do so but who is also most likely to reach that potential?
Thus why from a theoretical standpoint, I’m okay with putting Hawking before myself. He’ll do far more for all of humanity than I ever could dream of doing, and I don’t say that with jealousy, just acceptance and respect!