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But I don’t know if I trust literally infinite people. It might be better to kill one. Because unless you believe all humans are 100% willing to never kill someone then you’re risking a number of deaths larger than 1. (Potentially much larger.)

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howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
No need to trust infinite people. You just need to get past 33 forks before you run out of people to operate the switch or to be tied to the tracks.

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- JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s a thought experiment though, in the magical world where we could have all of humanity tied to rail road tracks by an omnipotent being, I don’t assume there to be a finite number of people.
  
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- finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Would they not simply be trapped tied to the tracks until a nonexistent remaining person makes a choice?
  
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  - WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    The last person does not get to choose, 5 billion people just die
    
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