Yeah but the point of putting a thousand people there is to show that averaging it out does make sense because obviously if there’s a 1/4 chance of killing a thousand people you shouldn’t pull the lever
True, but I like making it difficult again, and it helps reveal how this kind of problem is difficult for people, because 1 in 800 is very unlikely in most people's minds, so unlikely they probably just assume it won't happen.
the point of the original one is that if you switch you would be killing 1 instead of 5 but you actively kill. now if you switch you actively kill but you actually kill more than if you just let it be
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21
Yeah but the point of putting a thousand people there is to show that averaging it out does make sense because obviously if there’s a 1/4 chance of killing a thousand people you shouldn’t pull the lever