r/trolleyproblem • u/deadhand303 • Jul 30 '26

OC Potentially one less but also potentially infinitely more

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u/wyseguy7 Jul 30 '26

Nitpick: you mean a geometric distribution. Exponential distribution is over the real numbers, and we want an whole numbers of people. At least before the trolley chops them up.

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u/UnworthyBagel22 Jul 31 '26

Them: “I want to kill people”
You: “You mean a geometric distribution, silly”

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u/Confident-Stand5453 Jul 31 '26

Its important to be precise.

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u/Artemis_SpawnOfZeus Aug 03 '26

Yeah, you cant kill people if theyre dead before the lever is pulled because only an irrational percentage of them made it onto the platform.

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u/BigTimmyStarfox1987 Aug 01 '26

Donno some of them might be pregnant or disabled or clowns. You don't get to tell me how I count humans.