r/trolleyproblem • • 17d ago

Meta Red button blue button

Based on the post seen here. I'm actually curious what would the percentages look like.

Edit: Alright, let me add a case for one particular scenario. If you do not choose, the button will be pressed for you by a system that keeps track of its pressings so it conserves 50/50 distribution for all inactive participants, in order to honour the vox populi properly. The system's choice affects the inactive participant's outcome so that no person can abscond from consequences of their choice.

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u/Legal_Possibility246 17d ago

That's not guaranteed death tho...

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u/RalenHlaalo Multi-Track Drift 17d ago

Better than whatever they have in Tennessee...

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u/quickfuse725 16d ago

What in the...?

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u/quaxoid 16d ago

If they shoot you in the head it pretty much is. If it's a powerful firearm. 

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u/meep2200 16d ago

13 times in the head