I developed a simple model to explain how angry I get at injustices done to wildlife. It might also work for war situations, treatment of minorities etc. It is called the get-angry-about model.
The degree of anger I feel about a given act is proportional to:
(A x B x C) / (D x E)
where
A is the degree of suffering caused
B is the innocence of sufferer
C is the percentage of population of the sufferer which suffers
D is the innocence of aggressor
E is the reversibility of the act
Actually this is version 2 because I included “reversibility”. The idea is that if an act can be reversed and the effects undone, then I feel a bit less angry. So, for example, if an animal is made extinct and so reversibility is 0, then I am infinitely angry. OK, I might also need some help from a mathematician. I am not sure if C and E are the same, or how much correlation there is between the two. Perhaps both factors are not needed. I think reversibility and irreversibility might actually fully account for C as well. It needs some tests.
If anyone would like to test or comment on this formula, or suggest possible applications I would be most grateful.
