This is the kind of trolley problem that makes Cenobites.

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Also, Option 1 would essentially mean the end of the human race. Assuming the rate of killing is faster than the birth rate it would mean everyone dies soon

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I mean, no? Its given in the question that option one is an infinite amount of people. Its not limited to just the existing human race.

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Well their heads aren’t on the tracks and they’re immortal, I bet we could rig some kind of device to make them total praplegics and then work on a direct neural interface so they can use computers while they lay there endlessly having their bodies painlessly trisected.

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Or we could just like untie them

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nah

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One must imagine Maths grads happy

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i

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sqrt(-1)

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The answer is obvious. You need 2 trolleys to take both tracks.

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well, with 2 trolleys it is the same amount of suffering as with 1

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MULTI-TRACK DRIFTING!!

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Look at this genius here, optimizing the solution… 😂🤣

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People = good

People = good

Why is that so hard to remember?

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People = bad?

People = bad!

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Dont make me get the spray bottle

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