Yes, say there are 2^33 people for illustrations sake, by 33 decisions you (the first puller) are guaranteed to be dead too. At 32 it’s 50/50, the odds increase as the decisions get made. From a self preservation standpoint the best thing you can do to minimize your personal risk is pull the lever. It also happens to kill the fewest other people.
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andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 year agoPretty sure there’s a base case when you run out of people to tie to the tracks.
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Except, given finite resources, the tracks would run out before having enough space for 8 billion tied-up people.
tetraodon@feddit.it 1 year ago
There are 1.3 million km of railroads in the world. At 200km/h, a trolley could travel them in 18 years.
Rearrange them in a circle and, providing everyone is cooperating, there’s plenty of time to tie 8 billion people to the rails and run them over.