[ExI] Consequentialist world improvement

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 08/10/2012, at 3:40 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pensioners are more at risk of accidental fires. Falling asleep while
> smoking, forgetting about the pan on the cooker, smoking while using
> their oxygen inhaler :) , etc.
> They are mostly well aware that they can't stand on chairs. I would
> expect that a technician or the local Old Folks charity will install
> the detector in the first place and arrange for the battery to be
> changed every year.
> 
> There are so many charities looking after old folks these days that I
> am sure if battery changing was causing accidents there would be lots
> of warnings being circulated. Stairs and steps are the risks for old
> folks.

It's not the yearly battery changing that's the problem, it's making the wretched things stop screeching when you've burned the toast.

-- Stathis Papaioannou