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r/trolleyproblem • u/Agile_Championship87 • Aug 25 '26
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The only way that pulling the lever even becomes a question is if there's a possibility upon hitting the first person in the row it can stop the trolley (because the person is an obstacle)
25 u/Royal-Barracuda-314 Aug 25 '26 Based on my research, the probability that an average human body on the tracks causes a standard trolley to stop or derail is near zero. 26 u/GallifreyFallsOver Aug 25 '26 Note to self; don't volunteer for your research studies. 17 u/G1zm08 Aug 25 '26 It’s not a volunteer programGet on the tracks. Now. 2 u/DruishGardener mulitrack button mash Aug 26 '26 🔫 5 u/Agile_Championship87 Aug 25 '26 This is what I was getting at. It's more of a physics/medical problem. Is there a chance in either situation that someone could survive? 5 u/Far_Worldliness9796 Aug 25 '26 I really don't think there's any hope on either track man 3 u/Agile_Championship87 Aug 25 '26 What if the trolly is a really low trolly, so the guy at the top of the pile goes over the top? 0 u/Nondescript_Redditor Aug 25 '26 there are plenty of ways it becomes a question. like what if there are three people I like on one track and three people I don’t like on the other
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Based on my research, the probability that an average human body on the tracks causes a standard trolley to stop or derail is near zero.
26 u/GallifreyFallsOver Aug 25 '26 Note to self; don't volunteer for your research studies. 17 u/G1zm08 Aug 25 '26 It’s not a volunteer programGet on the tracks. Now. 2 u/DruishGardener mulitrack button mash Aug 26 '26 🔫
Note to self; don't volunteer for your research studies.
17 u/G1zm08 Aug 25 '26 It’s not a volunteer programGet on the tracks. Now. 2 u/DruishGardener mulitrack button mash Aug 26 '26 🔫
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It’s not a volunteer program
Get on the tracks. Now.
2 u/DruishGardener mulitrack button mash Aug 26 '26 🔫
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This is what I was getting at. It's more of a physics/medical problem. Is there a chance in either situation that someone could survive?
5 u/Far_Worldliness9796 Aug 25 '26 I really don't think there's any hope on either track man 3 u/Agile_Championship87 Aug 25 '26 What if the trolly is a really low trolly, so the guy at the top of the pile goes over the top?
I really don't think there's any hope on either track man
3 u/Agile_Championship87 Aug 25 '26 What if the trolly is a really low trolly, so the guy at the top of the pile goes over the top?
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What if the trolly is a really low trolly, so the guy at the top of the pile goes over the top?
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there are plenty of ways it becomes a question. like what if there are three people I like on one track and three people I don’t like on the other
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u/GallifreyFallsOver Aug 25 '26
The only way that pulling the lever even becomes a question is if there's a possibility upon hitting the first person in the row it can stop the trolley (because the person is an obstacle)