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  1. I'm curious... it's a tinkered with Trolley Problem from the film, The Belko Experiment.

    1. You work in a large office block and, as you and 79 of your co-workers arrive for the day, you are told via an intercom that you have 30 minutes to kill two people by any means. If you don't, the tracker devices that you all (including you) have implanted at the base of your skull will implode and kill 4 of you - what do you do?

    2. After seeing 4 of your co-workers be killed when their trackers explode (you ignored the directive to kill 2 of you all), you are told that you now have 2 hours to kill 30 people. If you don't, the tracker devices that you all (including you) have implanted at the base of your skulls will implode and kill 60 of you - what do you do?

    #Poll #PleaseShare #curious #movie #TheBelkoExperiment #TrolleyProblem

  2. All choices have consequences. Including symbolic action, and inaction.

  3. All choices have consequences. Including symbolic action, and inaction.

  4. All choices have consequences. Including symbolic action, and inaction.

  5. People seem to love philosophical trolley problems, but they expose more about ontological grammar than a morality profile.

    philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/h

    The first of a 2-part series on the trolley problem. Part 2 will extend the issue out of the lab and into reality with autonomous devices.

    #philosophy #psychology #morality #ontologicalgrammar #harm #trolleyproblem #choice #legibility #acculturation #society #ethics #deontology #virtue #consequences #utility #value #stoicism #blog #podcast

  6. “The trolley problem forces us to weigh outcomes against intentions. Do we pull the lever because it saves lives, or because we’re unwilling to be the cause of death?” #TrolleyProblem #Ethics #MoralPhilosophy #DecisionMaking #ThoughtExperiment

  7. Claude Shannon's Ultimate MachineTrolley Problem

    A trolly is hurtling down a track, toward a switch. You control the direction of the points. If you leave the settings as they are, five people will die. If you intercede, one person will die by your hand. After you make your decision, an automaton will set the switch to the opposite of your choice.

    #TrolleyProblem #ClaudeShannon #UltimateMachine

  8. I wrote an article on the for . I provide two solutions to the problem and argue for where our focus should be headed.

    “Two Solutions to the Trolley Problem for Self Driving Cars” by Philosopher Scholar link.medium.com/Qa1r45C65R