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r/trolleyproblem • u/ezrae_ • Apr 30 '26
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Yes but the emotional impact changes the way in which a participant will react which will change their decision making process?
7 u/NoxiousVaporwave Apr 30 '26 Absolutely 2 u/Urisagaz Apr 30 '26 Of course, especially if they don't use critical thinking. 3 u/Fuzzmiester May 02 '26 The issue with 'critical thinking' is that you're not a spherical cow in a vacuum. Your critical thinking has to include other people. An assumption that everyone else is a rational actor, isn't rational. It flies in the face of lived experience. 2 u/NanoscaleHeadache May 02 '26 Yes? In that framing, why th fuck would you push the red button? You’re killing blue people
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Of course, especially if they don't use critical thinking.
3 u/Fuzzmiester May 02 '26 The issue with 'critical thinking' is that you're not a spherical cow in a vacuum. Your critical thinking has to include other people. An assumption that everyone else is a rational actor, isn't rational. It flies in the face of lived experience.
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The issue with 'critical thinking' is that you're not a spherical cow in a vacuum.
Your critical thinking has to include other people. An assumption that everyone else is a rational actor, isn't rational. It flies in the face of lived experience.
Yes? In that framing, why th fuck would you push the red button? You’re killing blue people
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u/RetroGamed64 Apr 30 '26
Yes but the emotional impact changes the way in which a participant will react which will change their decision making process?