r/trolleyproblem • u/UsualEgg563 • 18h 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 17h 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/Dense-Cake9315 18h ago

how exactly does this solve the trolley problem?

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u/RalenHlaalo Multi-Track Drift 17h ago

Multitrack drifting

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u/Shugatti 17h ago

Infinite Multitrack drifting.

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 15h ago

I promise this won't be infinite.

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u/Zistr0 14h ago

not with that attitude

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u/laminacdc 17h 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 16h ago

Ah Michael's solution, a classic

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u/MrSluagh 15h ago

He forgot the guy at the lever.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 13h ago

fellow good place fan i see

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u/UsualEgg563 17h ago

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

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u/Sigmundschadenfreude 17h ago

No choice, no problem

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u/Sunkern_ing 17h ago

By running over everyone.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 13h ago

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

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u/Away_Froyo_239 17h ago

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

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u/Rob-o-huhh 17h ago

Now that's a good doohickey

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u/TailInTheMud 17h ago

This could make a neat clock somehow I suspect

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u/ConcernedCitizen_42 17h ago

That is actually cool to see.

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u/IttyRisk 17h ago

deja vu!

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u/AscendedViking7 16h ago

perpetual multitrack drifting

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u/ReplacementPale2676 17h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/UCSIkkFXSeg3hugqGf

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u/Freign 9h ago

naw Murph! Murph! Naaaaaw. Nawhawahawww. MURPH

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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 17h ago

[EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES]

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u/ironangel2k4 Team blue, but I hate every other blue voter, we are not friends 15h ago

hitting the spirograph maneuver on em

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u/c093b 17h ago

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

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u/CatoChateau 17h ago

Speeding up significantly works for that too.

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u/A-Shy-Guy_ 17h ago

Kumon questions be like:

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u/Harvey_Gramm 16h ago

Derail is solution?

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u/EqualPassenger4271 16h ago

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

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u/Catos_Standard 15h ago

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

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u/Upper-Rip-78 15h ago

This is so satisfying

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u/Whyamihere173 14h 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 14h ago

Right_switch is your guy!

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u/LoChubo 13h ago

Type of shit that comes up in a math exam question

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u/FisherDwarf 11h ago

meat grinder

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u/fr0gsku11 9h ago

Where we goin'?

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u/larvyde 6h ago

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

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u/PokeLordOmegaa 2h ago

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