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I think objectively it makes sense. I like how it interprets the reaction people may have towards death and mass deaths, it's got an interesting concept behind it. It suggests to me that one death is relatable, saddening, tragic... and many deaths are somewhat beyond emotional comprehension. I think it implies that such a thought as lamenting for so many deaths somewhat overruns human capacity, human emotional reactions may not surpass what amount of empathy is sound, fair and just for such a mass event. I think that seeing it merely as a stat though does not only reflect the inhumanity of simply labelling mass deaths as having only numeric significance, I think it also might represent that mass deaths are understated at times when people refer to such events (I think it will always be understated how problematically mass deaths can be spoken about with mere words). However, I somewhat agree and it makes sense that mass deaths becomes something where more logical thinking thinking is applied, whereas a single death, each at a time, is properly lamented.
Wdym? I think it means that one person's death is important and significant because they're an individual, but mass/many deaths become insignificant because they all lump and blur together. I think that people get desensitized to mass deaths and just view it as a greater whole (people in general) rather than its individual parts (a specific person).
Many dead people are more important than one, looking at it from the point of view that several lives are valuable instead of one. That's what I mean. In my opinion, I believe that a single person can be as valuable as if they were thousands.
Well, I don't agree with it in a literal sense. Let's say you have two groups, one of a million people and one of a single person. They are all going to die, but you can press one of two buttons to save one of the groups. (Kinda a reverse trolley problem.) I'm going to save the million people. So, in that very literal sense, I disagree.
just joking because you kept asking me what I thought about that quote
