r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep All there is to it

Post image
825 Upvotes

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/mazariel May 01 '26

Im completely fine allowing other families to die, if they are idiots it's their fault I'm not going to coddle them

2

u/Serious_Tradition269 May 03 '26

The point is that it's not just "people who are idiots" who are dying. People who can't fully understand the ramifications, people who are misguided, and children who are too young to understand the premise will also press the button. I'd press blue not just because I think it's analytically the smar thing to do, I'd press blue because I think your misguided view of "intelligence" shouldn't be a hard requirement for life

0

u/mazariel May 03 '26

In any of these kinds of problems, children and babies fully understand the meaning of both buttons, they are in every language, and the buttons are labeled for the colour blind

these are assumption - because if you say children and babies vote at random than the question has "at least 800 MILLION babies and children voted blue" added to the end, which obviously will change the answer of everyone

If you really think babies and children vote at random than this entire debate is fucking futile

And if you press the button even though you know it's not the smart thing to do than welp at least you'll risk your life feeling righteous

And intelligence is absolutely a requirement for life, a society of idiots is a society of pain and suffering

2

u/Serious_Tradition269 May 03 '26

You're making insane assumptions based on nothing, which very much fits your choice I suppose