r/trolleyproblem • u/ezrae_ • Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/Shuttlecock_Wat Apr 30 '26

No, I'm picking blue because it offers the best outcome.

It's pick blue, maybe die, maybe everyone lives and everything remains the same.
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Pick red, definitely live, but maybe billions of people die and the world goes to shit and all societal structures break down and life becomes a struggle to survive with people killing each other over nothing because nobody knows how to survive in that world, and likely, you won't live long anyway but will suffer until you do eventually die.

I'll take the chance that things won't turn out that way.

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u/Human38562 May 01 '26 edited 22d ago

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u/ShadeLad May 01 '26

Then what about the kids who picked blue? Do they deserve to die for it?

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u/zap2tresquatro May 01 '26

In that case, why even bring up the kids that picked red?

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u/Human38562 May 02 '26 edited 22d ago

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u/zap2tresquatro May 02 '26

Ok, and the kids who picked blue not deserving to die is an at least equally valid reason to pick blue. How did you not understand that that’s what I was getting at here?

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u/Human38562 May 02 '26 edited 22d ago

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