m_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1imageThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialm_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·28 days 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-up18·edit-228 days 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-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoI guess I didn’t read the problem properly.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agonah you forgot my solution of also lying down on the track and daring the trolley to switch the track itself
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.
I guess I didn’t read the problem properly.
nah you forgot my solution of also lying down on the track and daring the trolley to switch the track itself