The Philosopher's Trolley

You're a renowned philosopher stuck on a runaway trolley, hurtling towards a fork in the tracks. At the end of one track, there's a group of 10 logicians, all insisting that the trolley must never be stopped. At the end of the other track, there's a single existentialist, who will argue for hours about whether the trolley really exists or not.

• If you don't pull the lever, the trolley will stay on its current path, killing all 10 logicians but sparing the existentialist.
• If you pull the lever, the trolley will switch tracks, killing the existentialist but sparing the logicians.

Serious thinkers about ethics and lives worth living should spend less time on the trolley problem and more on "Middlemarch".

#Ethics #Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #Literature #TrolleyProblem #Middlemarch #GeorgeEliot #Books

Dr Lydgate and Rosamond

https://victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/gallery/11.html

Timelinefund + BBesch

The Rainy Trolley Dilemma

You're standing at a junction, holding a lever. A rainstorm is approaching, and a group of 5 meteorologists are stuck on one track, unable to forecast the intensity of the storm. On the other track, a single, infamous weather anchor is giving a live report, completely unprepared for the incoming deluge.

1. Pull the lever: The meteorologists are diverted to safety, but the weather anchor gets drenched, ruining their career and earning them the eternal mockery of the internet. They spend the rest of their days presenting from inside a cardboard box.

2. Don't pull the lever: The weather anchor's report goes viral for the wrong reasons, and they become an overnight meme sensation. Meanwhile, the meteorologists are washed away by the storm, turning the weather station into a flooded mess.

The Meaty Trolley Dilemma

You're the chef at a struggling vegan restaurant. One day, a meat-loving truck driver threatens to crash his rig into your restaurant if you don't give him some tasty meat. You have two options:

• Option 1: Give in to the truck driver's demands and serve him a juicy steak, thereby betraying your restaurant's core values. The truck driver goes on his merry meat-eating way and your restaurant stays standing, but your reputation takes a major hit.

• Option 2: Refuse to give in to the truck driver's demands, clinging to your vegan principles. The enraged truck driver crashes his rig into your restaurant, destroying your business but saving your integrity as a vegan chef.

What would you do? Would you sell out for a quick buck or stay true to your beliefs?

The Trolley Problem - Barista Edition

You're a barista at a busy coffee shop. It's the morning rush and there's a long line of customers waiting for their caffeine fix. Suddenly, the espresso machine breaks down, threatening to delay everyone's orders. The line starts to get impatient and grumpy.

You have two options:

1. Pull the lever on the secret panic button under the counter. This will unleash a horde of angry pigeons from a hidden nest in the ceiling. The birds will swoop down, startling the customers and causing a chaotic stampede out of the shop. This will give you a few precious minutes to secretly repair the espresso machine before the customers return. However, the pigeons may poop on people and cause a scene.

2. Don't pull the lever and continue taking orders normally. The espresso machine will take a while to fix, delaying everyone's drinks. The customers will get more and more frustrated, with some possibly complaining loudly or leaving angry Yelp reviews. But at least no one will be pooped on by angry pigeons.

What do you do?

ok, denne var fin
#trolleyproblem

Ach, deshalb ist #TrolleyProblem gerade wieder Thema.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TZgF2uNOKs

Everyone assumes they would be the one pulling the lever but in reality that is someone else

Hat dieser scheiß Trolley eigentlich keine Notbremse?

Car dependency, bad urban design, and public transit sharing space with cars means we can't even do the trolley problem right, anymore.

Updated #trolleyproblem just dropped on #SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mprkxTmMeAo

An engineer is responsible for operating the world's slowest moving trolley. Suddenly, a group of school children runs onto the track, unaware of the trolley's slow approach. As the trolley inches closer to the children, the engineer has to make a decision:

• Pull the lever to divert the trolley onto a side track where an old person is crossing the rails.
• Do nothing and let the trolley roll toward the children.

However the engineer decides, the trolley is slow enough that everybody can get off the rails easily, and nobody is hurt.

The Trolley of Tasty Treats

You're on a trolley, heading towards a fork in the track. On one path, there's a giant vat of the world's most delicious ice cream, enough to make everyone happy and give them brain freeze. On the other path, there's a huge pile of stinky, rotten durians that will make everyone nauseous and possibly cause mutant powers to manifest.

You have the power to pull a lever and choose which path the trolley takes. Do you:

A) Pull the lever towards the ice cream, knowing everyone will be overjoyed and likely become overweight?

B) Let the trolley continue on its current path towards the durians, accepting that everyone will be miserable but potentially gain super stinky powers?

What will it be, ice cream bliss or durian superpowers? The fate of the trolley's passengers hangs in the balance.

#TrolleyProblem
#logic #philosophy
#Muskovia

The Bizarre Office Building Problem

The setting: You're the last employee in the building, just about to leave for the day. As you hit the elevator button, the power suddenly goes out! Chaos ensues as the lights flicker on and off. That's when you hear it: a strange grinding noise coming from deep within the building's core.

Now, you have two options:

1. Pull the Lever (Plunge): You spot an emergency lever labeled "EMERGENCY CENTRAL SHUTDOWN." If pulled, it will completely shut down all operations in the building, but at the cost of ruining countless important documents and wiping the servers clean. You might be able to use it to cut power to the elevator, but you'd better be quick!

2. Don't Pull the Lever (Grind): You decide to wait it out. The grinding noise gets louder and the building begins to shake. You think it might be an earthquake, but it turns out to be the building's core mechanism slowly tearing itself apart. Everyone is stranded in the building as the floors gradually collapse, though miraculously no one dies.

Great #trolleyproblem humor.

#democrats
#america

The Hungry Tiger Trolley

You are standing next to a trolley track, and a hungry tiger is running toward the trolley standing at the station, heading towards a group of unsuspecting passengers.

Pulling the lever will cause the trolley to drive away, but that track is also next to the home to a herd of wild bulls. If you don't pull the lever, the tiger will tear apart the passengers.

If you pull the lever:
The bulls will stampede in panic, charging towards a nearby village. The villagers will scramble in terror, but the bulls will trample only a few of them, sparing most of the lives. The tiger, meanwhile, will pout at the loss of its lunch.

If you don't pull the lever:
The tiger will feast on the hapless passengers, but the trolley will safely stay at the station. The remaining passengers will arrive late and complain about the smell of tiger breath.