m_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1739arrow-down16
arrow-up1733arrow-down1imageThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialm_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·8 hours agoSounds like your typical game theory problem. Not pulling the lever: Worst case: Your loved ones dies Best case: None Pulling the lever: Worst case: Your loved ones dies Best case: Your loved ones survives
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-28 hours agoWorst case for pulling the lever is 5 loved ones die and so do 8 strangers. Its stated that when not pulling the lever the loved ones on the cart to survive (with ptsd). Highest risk/best reward vs No risk/minimal loss.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agonah you forgot my solution of also lying down on the track and daring the trolley to switch the track itself
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoI guess I didn’t read the problem properly.
Sounds like your typical game theory problem.
Not pulling the lever: Worst case: Your loved ones dies Best case: None
Pulling the lever: Worst case: Your loved ones dies Best case: Your loved ones survives
Worst case for pulling the lever is 5 loved ones die and so do 8 strangers.
Its stated that when not pulling the lever the loved ones on the cart to survive (with ptsd).
Highest risk/best reward vs No risk/minimal loss.
nah you forgot my solution of also lying down on the track and daring the trolley to switch the track itself
I guess I didn’t read the problem properly.