• Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If we all collectively agree to just pass it on, then either:

    • It’s infinite, and it just passes on forever, or…

    • It’s not infinite and somebody at the end has no choice, in which case nobody in charge of a lever has killed anyone

    So yeah, I say pass it on.

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Except that somewhere down that chain someone is almost certainly going to choose to kill people, so by passing the trolley on down to them you’re responsible for killing a lot more than if you ended it right now.

      And since every rational person down the line is going to think that, they’ll all be itching to pull the “kill” lever first chance they get. So you know that you need to pull the kill lever immediately to minimize the number of deaths.

  • kronkadoops@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Someone needs to stop tying people to those train tracks or this trolley problem will never go away.

  • uphillbothways@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Step in front of the train: Tell your manager this whole project is dumb, provide a list of reasons why it’s a bad idea and explain you are prepared to resign rather than enable its further development.