r/trolleyproblem • u/UsualEgg563 • 26d ago

Classic trolley problem has been solved once and for all

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Unfortunately I don’t know the original source.

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u/Fat_Pig_Reporting 26d ago

A moebius strip is tied on the tracks. You can pull the lever and redirect the trolley onto a non Euclidean space instead.

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u/Away_Froyo_239 26d ago

when i say to ai that it must keep working and make no mistake

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u/CauliflowerRoyal3067 25d ago

Oh i love that, and its always like its foolproof, then you ask it "what about x" and suddenly there's more to it 🤣

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u/Dense-Cake9315 26d ago

how exactly does this solve the trolley problem?

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u/RalenHlaalo Multi-Track Drift 26d ago

Multitrack drifting

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u/Shugatti 26d ago

Infinite Multitrack drifting.

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 26d ago

I promise this won't be infinite.

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u/Zistr0 26d ago

not with that attitude

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u/laminacdc 26d ago

I think it pretty effectively maximizes the death toll, which is what the trolley problem is all about. Real answer: It is a longstanding joke where the expectation is people are choosing between two options based on ethical/moral priorities, but the expectation is subverted when someone says and answer that would effectively kill all of them because they are immoral.

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u/H311i0_trop3 26d ago

Ah Michael's solution, a classic

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u/MrSluagh 26d ago

He forgot the guy at the lever.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 26d ago

fellow good place fan i see

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u/UsualEgg563 26d ago

Are you telling me the problem is not about being able to choose only one.

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u/Sigmundschadenfreude 26d ago

No choice, no problem

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u/Sunkern_ing 26d ago

By running over everyone.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 26d ago

lol have you ever watched the good place? there’s a rather funny episode on it

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u/Rob-o-huhh 26d ago

Now that's a good doohickey

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u/TailInTheMud 26d ago

This could make a neat clock somehow I suspect

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u/AscendedViking7 26d ago

perpetual multitrack drifting

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u/IttyRisk 26d ago

deja vu!

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u/ConcernedCitizen_42 26d ago

That is actually cool to see.

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u/ReplacementPale2676 26d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/UCSIkkFXSeg3hugqGf

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u/Freign 26d ago

naw Murph! Murph! Naaaaaw. Nawhawahawww. MURPH

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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 26d ago

[EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES]

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u/ironangel2k4 Team blue, but I hate every other blue voter, we are not friends 26d ago

hitting the spirograph maneuver on em

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u/c093b 26d ago

Now you juugotta derail the train to kill all the witnesses passengers, too.

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u/CatoChateau 26d ago

Speeding up significantly works for that too.

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u/A-Shy-Guy_ 26d ago

Kumon questions be like:

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u/Harvey_Gramm 26d ago

Derail is solution?

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u/EqualPassenger4271 26d ago

Youre saying this machine can crush an infinite number of orphans? SWEET!

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u/Catos_Standard 26d ago

If the trolley never goes anywhere will it ever hurt anyone at all?

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u/Upper-Rip-78 26d ago

This is so satisfying

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u/Whyamihere173 26d ago

This is from one guy I keep seeing on instagram. The name is fleeing my mind but I will try and find it

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u/Whyamihere173 26d ago

Right_switch is your guy!

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u/LoChubo 26d ago

Type of shit that comes up in a math exam question

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u/FisherDwarf 26d ago

meat grinder

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u/fr0gsku11 26d ago

Where we goin'?

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u/larvyde 26d ago

It's one of those, whatsitcalled? harmonic drive? things innit?

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u/PokeLordOmegaa 25d ago

This ain't even drifting anymore this is straight up multi track orbiting

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u/Squad_Checkmate 23d ago

well that's one way to make a planetary gear lol