• @Whats_your_reasoning
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    43 hours ago

    Unfortunately, that argument doesn’t fit with one of the primary aspects of The Trolley Problem - it involves a runaway trolley. The obviously-preferred solution to “stop the trolley” isn’t an option, because stopping the trolley isn’t possible.

    • Diva (she/her)
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      036 minutes ago

      that argument doesn’t fit with one of the primary aspects of The Trolley Problem - it involves a runaway trolley. The obviously-preferred solution to “stop the trolley” isn’t an option, because stopping the trolley isn’t possible.

      hold my blunt while I butcher this metaphor:

      from Wikipedia

      Reversing the points under a moving train will almost always derail the train.