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Trolley Problem Solution (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (4 children)

There's an old Talaxian expression: "When the road before you splits in two, take the third path."

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That could be misinterpreted to mean “turn around and go back the way you came”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Which would be a valid solution to the trolly problem...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm I feel the urge to tuvix...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a different story all together. In that case, there really were only 2 options and one was clearly morally wrong so Janeway had to do exactly that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Both choices were morally dubious. Tuvok and Nelix wanted to be alive just as much as Tuvix

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's an old saying in Tennessee (I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee) that says, take the first path, shame on... shame on you. The third path- you can't get fooled again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

This made me laugh much harder than I'm willing to admit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seems I'm always looking for that third option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

IRL physical systems there always is, that's how we got from horses to trains.