build new tracks to make the trolley run on (possibly in circles).
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I quickly carry the people to the other side so they all can get run over.
I actually would like to choose the track where the number of people increases by one (so 1, 2, 3, 4...) and then the train will kill -1/12 people
PS Yes, I know this sum result is problematic, it's only a joke
The same thing most people would do when presented with a Trolly Problem for real. Analysis paralysis, choose to do nothing, then cry softly every night for the rest of my life.
I would take a sledgehammer and smash the trolley to bits, thus solving the problem and saving infinite number of lives. There's always another option available.
@tedu @science_memes@mander.xyz @fossilesque@mander.xyz Can we space them out so the frequency is the same? 😂
Was this an honest question? Because the answer is 'no'. You can't space them out or else the set of people on the lower track would be countable which is a smaller infinity than the ones of the real numbers.
To space them, you would have to take people of the track. Infinitely many. To be precise not all of them but as many as there are on the track.
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I have a tangential question I have been wanted an explanation for:
If there are infinite universes, would there be infinite earth's?
I remember (an) answer is infinite universes doesn't necessarily mean infinite earth's. A cool analogy of a CD rack was used when I read it, but I can't find it. Does anyone else have an explanation and/or analogy for this?
Weirdly good timing, here's a Kurzgesagt video on that exact question! Uploaded literally yesterday (or yester-er-day depending on time zones)
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Do nothing - maximum destruction
The existence of the bottom track would imply an infinite density of people, which would create a black hole and kill everyone involved, regardless of the trolley's presence
Slip the switch, like always
Probably pull the leaver cuz then I can jump in front of the train.
Since there's an infinite number of people to kill in either case I can just do nothing, and thus by inaction most of those infinite people will have more than enough time for someone else to rescue them. Maybe the State, that's what they're there for.