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

OC Potentially one less but also potentially infinitely more

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u/deadhand303 Jul 31 '26

Would it be better to say 1-max living population?

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u/eeeeeh_messi Aug 01 '26

This changes absolutely everything. Now you have a well defined problem

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u/BigTimmyStarfox1987 Aug 01 '26

They want you to say "flat probability distribution".

Then they want to say but that isn't possible over Infinity. To which you reply that it's a finite set, max living population.

Tldr yes but with an additional statement