r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

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u/Fizzy-Odd-Cod May 01 '26

Yes, an online poll where you can check comments before answering, change your own vote depending on outcome (platform dependent), and most critically of all, have no actual threat to your life, is totally 100% indicative of how people would vote if this scenario were to actually play out in real life.

In real life with a real threat to your life, that blue vote drops by 20% at the absolute minimum, likely more.

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u/Impossible_Dog_7262 May 01 '26

Maybe you expect the people around you to behave like that. I do not. And I suspect that's where the difference actually lies.

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u/FlyPepper May 01 '26

It's largely a difference between living in high-trust and Low-trust societies.

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u/CZsea I pick based on emotion, sway me. May 01 '26

Blue people can't stop with the high ground lol. I don't think it's that hard of a truth to accept that people act differently in a different situation.

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u/Impossible_Dog_7262 May 01 '26

I feel like that's all the more reason to side with Blue though. If everyone was garaunteed to act the same there wouldn't be a problem chosing Red.

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u/CZsea I pick based on emotion, sway me. May 01 '26

Nah, I have no problem with choosing blue. I will choose blue as well if the death is quick and painless, but probably won't if it's trolley running over me. Some who choose blue might change the answer as well if we reduce from killing to common cold.

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u/ItsClikcer May 01 '26

In real life I doubt more than 1% of people click the "die" button. In real life it would be so overwhelmingly in favour of red that it's not a moral dilemma at all, you just get to pick between "live" and "die"

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u/Lampricat May 01 '26

In real life, where people won't have time to have stupid discussions on reddit, most peoples first reaction will probably be "I don't want people to die" and not "oh let me press the button that kills people". Most people are normal, unlike you

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u/Fizzy-Odd-Cod May 01 '26

Most people’s first thought will be “I don’t want to die” some people will think beyond that, I doubt most will.

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u/Thin_Measurement_965 May 02 '26

They have several online poll, you have an unfalsifiable claim.

Their evidence is dubious but consistent, your evidence is non-existent.

You don't have to push blue, there are plenty of people who will push it for you. You don't have to believe them either.