Why “Trolley” is being discussed
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I think this is an instance of the trolley problem. So, don't expect to find a correct answer.
by elondaits · Oct 21, 2026
If you look at the before and after photos of past POTUSes, you can see a visible aging. If we ignore the current POTUS, I think we can say that there are a lot of long hours of…
by fhdkweig · Oct 21, 2026
This feels like it might be the trolley problem in real life. Turning it off may cause deaths. Letting it get ransomwared may cause more. Do you pull the lever to turn it off?
by jamesknelson · Oct 21, 2026
And because of this, many will starve as a result of oil shocks from the disruption and chaos in the gulf region. We solved the trolley problem by throwing a magic lever that pu…
by bobson381 · Oct 20, 2026
>When Batman created his sonar system we cheered because he needed it to fight "the bad guy". And because it was fiction, and we had suspended our disbelief to enjoy a vision of…
by BobaFloutist · Oct 19, 2026
> autonomous driving is a con job? You can stop the trolley at any point but doing so would admit you were wrong. What? You do understand that in Europe Tesla was forced to mark…
by locknitpicker · Oct 19, 2026
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