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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] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So now you killed the 10 people that were in the train, congrats.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's not going to flip. Tolleys derail all the time (ask people living in Wrocław). They can't go fast enough to flip. It will just stop after couple of meters.

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

Melbourne tram 2012 incident would like a word.

Never forget.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

DDG doesn't find anything. Looks like it forgot about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, there has never been a single death from a trolley derailment, no sir not a one.

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

So now we have to check the global statistics and figure out what's the probability is of someone dying in a derailment and estimate if we should risk it or just let the one guy die. Fun!

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

15 people ride trams in Wrocław.

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

The people in the train are the only ones with any power to stop it, but they're divided between "smash everyone quickly" and "smash everyone slowly" factions.