what if you are the nth person on line?

barttier, 9 months ago

Kill one person and become an hero: If I double it and give it to the next person and this behaviour carries on it would need just a few people until the first guys get the power to kill every human being. In this scenario I kill one person, so no one gets the power to potentially kill 1+n persons which will eventually happen.

KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX, 10 months ago

Our approach to climate change.

someguy3, 10 months ago

Now that is a new take on it.

Volaris, 10 months ago

Obligatory neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

Juliie, 10 months ago

If everyone doubles it we run out of memory and save everyone

Semmelstulle, 10 months ago

How is the second dude on the lever not smiling for getting double the fun?

animist, 10 months ago

yes

lowleveldata, 10 months ago

I pass it to the n+1^th^ person. We can do this forever because integers is infinite.

Barbarian, 10 months ago

While integers are infinite, humans are not. Eventually the entire population of the earth would be on the tracks and nobody to flip the switch.

lowleveldata, 10 months ago

Do we consider intelligent aliens to be “person”? Because the universe is also infinite AFAIK

TrippyTortuga, 10 months ago

Most scientists agree it is finite.

DarkDarkHouse, 10 months ago

Do they? There’s broad consensus on the size of the observable part, but what’s beyond that is surely more speculation than science.

rammer, 10 months ago

Based on observations it seems that the universe curves in on itself. And is thus finite.

primbin, 10 months ago

I’m pretty the curvature of the universe has actually been measured to be very close to 0, within margin of error, which would suggest an infinite universe. (It doesn’t prove it by any means, though. The curvature could just too small to measure.)

However, the observable universe is indeed finite, due to the speed of light being finite.