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Trolley Problem Quest

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At some point:

[><] Divert the trolley to run over the trolley factory that seems to keep outputing these trolley problems.
 
[X] Divert the trolley to run over starvation

I like how we've progressed from a simple person pulling levers to a full on reality warping Trolley God.
 
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The 15th Trolley
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    • Y̵̼̆o̸̤̐u̵̻͊ ̸͇̈́ď̶͎i̷̯̓v̷̦̕e̶̟̍r̶̺͗t̷̬͒e̷̹͝d̶͉͗ ̵̲͐ṯ̴̍h̴͉͛e̸̬͗ ̶̞͛t̴̪͝ṙ̴̤ō̵̟l̸̡͐l̶͈̇e̵͈͠y̷̯͠ ̷̜̈t̸̥͋ỏ̷̫w̸̤̏a̶̠̎ṛ̴̅d̷͇̊s̴̫̾ ̸̹͐s̸̳̔ṫ̸͉a̵̜͆r̶̤̊v̸̥̒a̵̼̓t̵́ͅḯ̴͎o̸̱͒ñ̵̻;̸̩̓ ̵̘͋s̸̩̉ő̵̱m̶̫͘ě̸͙t̸͈̋h̸̜̎i̷͔̐n̷͇̎g̶̢̽ ̷̧̅h̵̼͝a̴̘͐s̶̨͘ ̴̗̄ń̴͎ö̵̥́t̸̼̀i̷̞͝c̵̱̉ē̵̲d̴͎̋ ̸̯̍y̶̱̽o̷̧͘u̸͈͗r̷̻͋ ̵͇̇a̶̪͠ĉ̵̠t̵̘͘ȋ̶͕o̷̲͠n̴̮̾s̵͖̉.̸̛͓

    Y̴o̷u̶ ̴s̶h̴o̷u̶l̴d̷ ̶n̵o̸t̴ ̵h̸a̷v̴e̴ ̵d̸o̴n̶e̵ ̷t̶h̸a̶t̶.̶ ̴T̴h̵i̵s̸ ̵w̷i̷l̵l̵ ̴h̶a̷v̵e̴ ̷c̸o̸n̶s̶e̷q̷u̸e̵n̵c̵e̸s̴.̷ ̵T̷h̶i̷s̵ ̴w̶i̴l̸l̵ ̵b̵e̴ ̴r̴e̴m̵e̴m̶b̷e̶r̶e̸d̶.̷ %̶#̵!̶*̸%̸ ̵h̷a̶s̷ ̷r̸i̴s̵e̴n̸.̴

    Well would you look at that! A happy ending for all! I'm sure that %̶#̵!̶*̸%̸ isn't anything to worry about; you clearly don't think so. With hunger a thing of the past, everyone is left to take a breath of calming air, and consider just what to do now. I hear someone was looking into interdimensional portals...

    %̶#̵!̶*̸%̸: 15%
    People Murdered: 21
    People Let Die: 21 + every global cancer victim
    Funerals Disrupted: 1
    Families Reunited: 1
    Cars Totaled: 1
    Shiny Levers Pulled: 1
    Misattributed Blame for Capitalism: 1
    Cancer Cured: 1
    Global Economies Destroyed: 1
    Attention Gained: Ţ̴̝̠̤̬͐̔̏̈̓ḥ̴͔̖̟̂͒͂͗i̴̙̿s̴̹̺̻͉̲͛͊͆ ̴̧͖͖̩̩͇͍͊̑͘ẘ̴̬ȁ̵̼͚̋͊͛͑̍ś̶̬̓̑͑͛̓̀̊̕ ̷̘̳̰͚̦̰̮͕̂̋͠n̷̛̲͉̰͍͈̓͒̃͜͝͠͝ơ̴͓̰̎ṯ̴̌̓̂͘ ̶̡̥̟̥͕̻̻̙́͂̔̓ͅȃ̸̡̢̬̦̰̈́̒̒̀l̶̩̆̓̈́́͠͝ḹ̴͓̥̌̉̏̇̿o̴̡̮̪͎̣̹͙̗̐͂͛͛̏̂͑̌͆ŵ̴̡̩̜̠̪̽̆̀̔ę̵̩̦̩̈͆͑̄̚͘d̵͙̗̻̠͇̞̖̓;̷̛̛̪͕̟̰̻͇̪̯͋͂́́̕͘ͅ ̵̲͈͇́̈͌͒ỳ̷̭̞̊̽ȍ̴̧̡̘̬͔͕̍͒͛͌̏́͒͌u̴͎͔̩̠̠͍̠̭̔̑̅̿͋̎͘r̴͎͍̠̤̮̯͔̦̱̄͋̈́͂̐̀̐̆̕ ̷̨̧̖̦̜̀̅̅́͌̓̈̽c̷̞͓̬̃̈́ŗ̴̢̤̻͚̟͒̒̆̐i̴͙̣̯͐͘m̷̧̪͚̊e̵̛̝̝̱̜̫͇̅̀̌̔̌́ ̵̼̼̖̬̟̍ẖ̶͓͍͆͆̓ä̴̘̩̭͕́͊̿s̶͚̲̅̀̊ ̴̛̲͕̈́̐̈́̒b̶̛̜̈̔́͋̊̒́e̶̫̳͇͎̦͌̍̎̅̂̌́͝͝e̷̥͖̞͓̖̦̬̓̐͂ͅn̷̙̖̝̗̿̉͑̃͋̅͌̾̔͜ ̶̯̳̜̦̂̋̃́n̴̟͍̐̓̈͐͐̀ơ̵̛̩͚̼̒t̵̳̠̗̗͖͓̩͛̏͂̈́i̶̯͍͈͕̋c̴̢͔̟̯̓ê̷͕̪͔̍̕͜d̴̨̞̆̌̋͐̈̒͘͝ ̶̤͓̞̠̠̤̜̺̀̕a̴̢̳̘̱̣̝͎̱̺͆̊n̶͓̤͐̿̌d̴̖͇͔̜̦̑̀͋̀̚͠ͅ ̴̻͉̩̱̎͠w̴̢̖̣͓̉͑́̾͝ȋ̵͚̺̯̳̳͒̋͑l̶̳̱̀͑͆̓̉͒̾͘ľ̸̨͍̮̬̓͂͋͆̕͝ ̴̢̛̬͇̝̑̐́͆̉́̀͝n̴̢͔̫̻̪̺̼̞͊͐̒̍͐̎̓͘ơ̷̡̰̇̈̉̃̏͗͘t̶̼̙̥͇̂̆̌͠ ̵̢͍̫̑̏̑̉͌̂͌̊̂͜b̴̧̻̻̭͍͔̀͑ͅe̵̡͇̝̘͚͆̀͊̋̈̊͘ ̶̼̾̀t̸͎͈̎͋̂͗̎̏͝o̸̡̢̼͈̟̦̘̳̬̍͒̎̽̈́̃͝l̶̬̯̫̞̠̰̦͂̓͝͝ĕ̶͕͉͎̣͔̜̪̳̃̆̿͠͠ŕ̸̘̟̈́̈́͌͠ȧ̶͚͐͌̾͆͘ţ̴̧͙̜͚̪͇̠̌é̷͓̪̞̉́ḑ̷̰͗̽̀͛̐̅̚͝.̵̹͕̪͎̲̒͒͊ ̵͔̺͚̽̃̄̒̎͑̃͛̚Ć̵͎͇͕̰̣̤́̑̔͗̐̽̏͝ę̵̱̜̜͎͕̎͆̆̾͊̾̂͐a̷̛͇̝̺͛̂̃̐͗͂s̵̜͖̜͉͐̈́̀̿͗̿̌͒͠ȩ̵͈̪̹̘̠̣̄͛̀̃̍͝ͅ ̷̧̞͎͍̅̏ņ̶̛̬̱̱͐̋̆̀̓̚͠o̵̢̧̩̠͉̬̗͆̇w̵̰͖̮̹̼̘̄͊̿̑͐̈́̒̀ ̷̨̥͆͋́͆̈́̍o̴̧̡̦̊̈́̈̉͝r̵̢̙̟̫͍̘̫͔̈̄͐̾̈́̄͐̐͝ ̵̨̣͉̗̞̰͌̀͑͐͗̐̑s̷̨̛̤͌̄̾̓ų̴̹͉̲̩͉͉̹̻̈́̒f̴͓̥̣͈̼͕̙͔̻̔f̴̢̭̋͐ë̸̛͇̙̳̮̓̄͆̋͒͘r̶̳̟͌̈́͝ ̵̛͎͍͈͈̙̳̭͌́̇t̴͖̥̪̬̜̤̦͍͆ȟ̷̡̛͖̲̟̹̻͓̎̍̑̎̌͘ẹ̴̱̪̲͇̗̳̏̎͒͊̆̉͜ ̷̥̓̓̈̕͝c̵͎̜͍̼͍̻̺͂͗̄̾̀̕͝ͅo̵̖͓̜̒̈̆͜n̷̨̟̠͇͗͂͋̓̈̒̿̑̕s̴̡̹̩̱̣͗̀͛̐e̸̠̗͐̇q̴̛̖̫̤̣̼̃̿̋̌͜u̷͔͕̓̏̆̒͆̽̾̃͜͠e̷̙̯̍̅̽n̶͇̪͙̺̈̅̂̎̔͌̐̕͘c̵̨̡͔̠̗̪̥̋ͅé̴̢̨̙͖͍̣̗̥͛͌͊̅̊̕̚s̶̡͕͚̱̦̳̥̦̎̃̂̾̌̚ͅ


    There is a runaway trolley barreling down the street. Currently, it's poised to kill 5 people. You are standing next to a lever that, if pulled, would redirect the trolley towards a dimensional portal that's linked to an alternative world in which those same 5 people would be struck, murdering them.

    Do you pull the lever?

    [ ] Pull the Lever

    [ ] Don't Pull the Lever
     
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    • [X] Don't Pull the Lever
    -[X] Take a Nap Instead

    I don't believe in consequences, but I'll wait for a more fitting problem to further raise the the %̶#̵!̶*̸%̸.
     
    [X] Use www.quantumcoinflip.com to flip a coin. If heads, pull the lever diverting the trolley to the portal. If tails, don't pull the lever.

    If those same 5 people will be murdered in the alternate universe if we pull the lever, it's possible this other universe has another us with another lever deciding how to direct another trolley and that other us would in theory do the same thing as us either diverting the trolley or standing by in synchronicity (If we let the people get hit, our double would also let their five people get hit. If we divert our trolley to kill their five people then they will divert their trolley, thus sending their trolley to our universe and killing our five people as well).

    Thus, by the nature of deterministic alternate universes, those five people infront of us and their otherworldly counterparts are doomed to be hit by a trolley regardless of our choice. The only way to cheat fate in this situation is to let pure random chance (via quantum mechanics) determine their fate!

    If both us and our (hypothetical) alternate dimension counterpart make our choice purely randomly then there's a chance we will break synchronicity and divert both trolleys to hit the same five people! Thus causing the two trolleys to collide and destory eachother, possibly saving at least half of the potential trolley victims involved.

    Basically, if there's another us in the other dimension and we both flip quantum coins then there's a 2 out of 4 chance that we may crash the trolleys.

    If both of us do nothing, the trolleys will both run into the five people, killing them.
    Is both of us flip the switch, both trolleys get diverted through portals and kill the five people in the opposite dimension.
    If one of us flips the switch while the other does nothing, then one trolley will keep going forward while another gets diverted to the same track. Potentially causing both trolleys to collide and derail. This ensures at least one set of the five people survives.

    Of course, most of this relies on hypothetical and unfounded conjecture on the nature of parallel worlds. But it's the only forseeable way to avoid having to kill anyone (and possibly crash two inter-dimensional trolleys together).
     
    [X] Use www.quantumcoinflip.com to flip a coin. If heads, pull the lever diverting the trolley to the portal. If tails, don't pull the lever.
    Rossum said:
    [X] Use www.quantumcoinflip.com to flip a coin. If heads, pull the lever diverting the trolley to the portal. If tails, don't pull the lever.

    If those same 5 people will be murdered in the alternate universe if we pull the lever, it's possible this other universe has another us with another lever deciding how to direct another trolley and that other us would in theory do the same thing as us either diverting the trolley or standing by in synchronicity (If we let the people get hit, our double would also let their five people get hit. If we divert our trolley to kill their five people then they will divert their trolley, thus sending their trolley to our universe and killing our five people as well).

    Thus, by the nature of deterministic alternate universes, those five people infront of us and their otherworldly counterparts are doomed to be hit by a trolley regardless of our choice. The only way to cheat fate in this situation is to let pure random chance (via quantum mechanics) determine their fate!

    If both us and our (hypothetical) alternate dimension counterpart make our choice purely randomly then there's a chance we will break synchronicity and divert both trolleys to hit the same five people! Thus causing the two trolleys to collide and destory eachother, possibly saving at least half of the potential trolley victims involved.

    Basically, if there's another us in the other dimension and we both flip quantum coins then there's a 2 out of 4 chance that we may crash the trolleys.

    If both of us do nothing, the trolleys will both run into the five people, killing them.
    Is both of us flip the switch, both trolleys get diverted through portals and kill the five people in the opposite dimension.
    If one of us flips the switch while the other does nothing, then one trolley will keep going forward while another gets diverted to the same track. Potentially causing both trolleys to collide and derail. This ensures at least one set of the five people survives.

    Of course, most of this relies on hypothetical and unfounded conjecture on the nature of parallel worlds. But it's the only forseeable way to avoid having to kill anyone (and possibly crash two inter-dimensional trolleys together).
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    I like your idea, however, for the next choice i want to see if we can divert the trolley to kill the death itself.
     
    [X] Don't Pull the Lever
    -[X] Take a Nap Instead

    I'm not scared of %̶#̵!̶*̸%̸. We're pretty much gods in our own right by now. But, I do think we could use a rest after all that lever pulling. And who knows? Maybe we'll be lucky and a trolley from another dimension will kill those five people instead, alleviating us of all moral responsibility.
     
    [X] Don't Pull the Lever
    -[X] Take a Nap Instea
    snoooooore mimimimimimi
     
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