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    It is not the case that Therefore the fugitive should deterministically choose the safest bridge rather than randomize according to a formula that treats death as commensurable with escape under a weighted average.

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    • 1.If both bridges offer comparable safety margins, deterministic choice becomes arbitrary; randomization removes the appearance of unfounded preference.
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    • 2.Deterministic strategies may be predictable to pursuers; randomization provides genuine unpredictability that determinism cannot match.
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    • 3.Expected value calculation already incorporates probabilities; the objection to 'commensurability' misunderstands how rational choice operates.
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    • 1.Rational agents should maximize expected utility by selecting the option with highest survival probability, not treating outcomes as fungible.
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    • 2.Randomization introduces unnecessary risk when empirical data identifies a genuinely safer bridge; ignoring this is epistemically irresponsible.
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    • 3.Life and death are incommensurable values; no weighted formula can justly reduce them to comparable units for mathematical averaging.
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