The Soap Dispenser Argument
February 20th, 2007
Let me pose a very important hypothetical question to you.
Let’s say you were stranded on a desert island. Then two weeks later another guy also got stranded on the desert island with you. And there was only one coconut on one tree. And you’d already spent a few days trying to get down the coconut, and this new guy came along and he started trying to get the coconut too. Don’t you think that you, being the first coconut pursuer should get the coconut and the second guy who was late to the game should wait or go find his own coconut somewhere else?
If you agree, then the soap dispenser argument is right up your alley.
