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If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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EDIT Ok so it's just the trolly problem.

EDIT2 : AHA War Games 1983. "The only winning move is not to play." (We might call this the final product of a lot of smart philosophical digestion, because it's a famous movie). There's always the perfectly valid option to ditch the riddle. (Because maybe the riddle is dumb, or maybe the riddle is no better than a thousand others, utilitywise )

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[โ€“] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I know what you are trying to say but I assume that there is no other option to solve the problem, what the post implied.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Well yes, that's my point. For the purposes of our game of riddle-solving the assumption is valid. But for the purposes of "reality" it isn't.

    So there's something going on with perspective there.

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