And I’m being serious. I feel like there might be an argument there, I just don’t understand it. Can someone please “steelman” that argument for me?

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Some people really don’t grasp the concept of the trolley problem.

    A train is headed towards 5 people, you can pull a lever and switch tracks to kill 1 person. What do you do?

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      People who think the trolley problem has a clear cut solution that we have to “get” are on the starting edge of the Dunning-Kruger curve.