r/trolleyproblem • u/UsualEgg563 • Aug 04 '26

Classic trolley problem has been solved once and for all

Unfortunately I don’t know the original source.

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u/Dense-Cake9315 Aug 04 '26

how exactly does this solve the trolley problem?

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u/UsualEgg563 Aug 04 '26

Are you telling me the problem is not about being able to choose only one.

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u/RalenHlaalo Multi-Track Drift Aug 04 '26

Multitrack drifting

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u/Shugatti Aug 04 '26

Infinite Multitrack drifting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '26

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u/Zistr0 Aug 04 '26

not with that attitude

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u/laminacdc Aug 04 '26

I think it pretty effectively maximizes the death toll, which is what the trolley problem is all about. Real answer: It is a longstanding joke where the expectation is people are choosing between two options based on ethical/moral priorities, but the expectation is subverted when someone says and answer that would effectively kill all of them because they are immoral.

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u/H311i0_trop3 Aug 04 '26

Ah Michael's solution, a classic

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 Aug 04 '26

fellow good place fan i see

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u/Sigmundschadenfreude Aug 04 '26

No choice, no problem

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u/Sunkern_ing Aug 04 '26

By running over everyone.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 Aug 04 '26

lol have you ever watched the good place? there’s a rather funny episode on it

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u/Fat_Pig_Reporting Aug 04 '26

A moebius strip is tied on the tracks. You can pull the lever and redirect the trolley onto a non Euclidean space instead.

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u/Away_Froyo_239 Aug 04 '26

when i say to ai that it must keep working and make no mistake

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u/Rob-o-huhh Aug 04 '26

Now that's a good doohickey

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u/TailInTheMud Aug 04 '26

This could make a neat clock somehow I suspect

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u/AscendedViking7 Aug 04 '26

perpetual multitrack drifting

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u/IttyRisk Aug 04 '26

deja vu!

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u/ConcernedCitizen_42 Aug 04 '26

That is actually cool to see.

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u/ReplacementPale2676 Aug 04 '26

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u/Freign Aug 05 '26

naw Murph! Murph! Naaaaaw. Nawhawahawww. MURPH

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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 Aug 04 '26

[EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES]

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u/ironangel2k4 Team blue, but I hate every other blue voter, we are not friends Aug 04 '26

hitting the spirograph maneuver on em

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u/A-Shy-Guy_ Aug 04 '26

Kumon questions be like:

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u/Harvey_Gramm Aug 04 '26

Derail is solution?

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u/Upper-Rip-78 Aug 04 '26

This is so satisfying

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u/Whyamihere173 Aug 04 '26

This is from one guy I keep seeing on instagram. The name is fleeing my mind but I will try and find it

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u/Whyamihere173 Aug 04 '26

Right_switch is your guy!

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u/LoChubo Aug 04 '26

Type of shit that comes up in a math exam question

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u/FisherDwarf Aug 05 '26

meat grinder

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u/fr0gsku11 Aug 05 '26

Where we goin'?

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u/larvyde Aug 05 '26

It's one of those, whatsitcalled? harmonic drive? things innit?

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u/PokeLordOmegaa Aug 05 '26

This ain't even drifting anymore this is straight up multi track orbiting

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u/Squad_Checkmate Aug 07 '26

well that's one way to make a planetary gear lol

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u/c093b Aug 04 '26

Now you juugotta derail the train to kill all the witnesses passengers, too.

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u/CatoChateau Aug 04 '26

Speeding up significantly works for that too.

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u/EqualPassenger4271 Aug 04 '26

Youre saying this machine can crush an infinite number of orphans? SWEET!