• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    that argument doesn’t fit with one of the primary aspects of The Trolley Problem - it involves a runaway trolley. The obviously-preferred solution to “stop the trolley” isn’t an option, because stopping the trolley isn’t possible.

    hold my blunt while I butcher this metaphor:

    from Wikipedia

    Reversing the points under a moving train will almost always derail the train.