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The trolley problem
submitted 4 years ago by [deleted] from self.AskSaidIt
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[–]Robin 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (4 children)
It's not as simple as 5>1, all the framing details make a difference to response rates. For example, if you don't just have to pull a lever, you have to physically push someone onto the tracks the rate of doing that goes down.
[–]AbeFroman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago* (3 children)
Interesting. So it sounds like we're missing some of the details of the question.
Edit: So there are many variations of this problem. Like the single person on the one side is your child, and the five people on the other side are strangers, etc...
[–]Snow 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
What if that 1 person is an alien?
[–]indianusjones 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
It'll make the autopsy easier.
[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Or the one is a child and the 5 are 80 year olds.
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[–]Robin 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - (4 children)
[–]AbeFroman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - (3 children)
[–]Snow 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - (1 child)
[–]indianusjones 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun - (0 children)
[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - (0 children)