SnoopJJan 30
thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
Show threadKlaus Frank

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Isn't that the same thing all of the "drift the trolley across both tracks to hit everyone" are suggesting?

Jan 30 at 3:17amWeb
Show threadSnoopJJan 30
@agowa338 only in a world where manga physics apply
Show threadKlaus FrankJan 30

@SnoopJ

On the other hand, they're bound to the tracks so close to the switching point that derailing it right there could also cause it to tip over and land on all of them...

Show threadBeccaJan 30

@agowa338 an ideal solution if it takes out people who pose trolley problems

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Show threadKlaus FrankJan 30

@bweller @SnoopJ

As if the people proposing it would be chained to the track.

They're standing where the picture is being taken from...

Show threadBeccaJan 30

@agowa338 we're gonna need a bigger train

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Show threadSimon BrookeJan 30

@agowa338 @SnoopJ That depends on

1. the speed and weight of the trolley;
2. the separation of the tracks;
3. the articulation of the bogies.

If it's running at the speed of, say, the new Ontario light rail line, no one will get hurt because it's running too slow to fall over and will just stop in a short distance. If it's a Shinkansen, you've got problems.

But the unionised workers on the ground know which it is and can act appropriately

#Syndicalism

Show threadKlaus FrankJan 30

@simon_brooke @SnoopJ

If you want to over analyse it you could also have the issue that the track does not allow being changed once a part of the train passed over it until it fully cleared again...