<story><title>Absurd Trolley Problems</title><url>https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arczyx</author><text>&amp;gt; For some reason more people picked the latter. So, they just dislike public transit?&lt;p&gt;I mean, it seems like it&amp;#x27;s the same trolley that have run over a lot of people for the previous 19 levels, why wouldn&amp;#x27;t I want to decommission such bloodthirsty trolley?</text></item><item><author>paxys</author><text>Level 20 was weird. It was a choice between letting a trolley run as normal (&amp;quot;emits CO2, kills 3 people in accidents over 30 years&amp;quot;) or running it into a brick wall and decommissioning it. For some reason more people picked the latter. So, they just dislike public transit? What about the emissions and death rate when everyone switches to cars instead?&lt;p&gt;Goes to show how easily the context and exact wording of a question can sway people&amp;#x27;s opinions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baron816</author><text>Isn’t the trolly also reducing carbon emissions by killing so many people? With enough of these questions, it will be able to reduce the world’s population to zero, at which point there should be no carbon emissions from humans.</text></comment>
<story><title>Absurd Trolley Problems</title><url>https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arczyx</author><text>&amp;gt; For some reason more people picked the latter. So, they just dislike public transit?&lt;p&gt;I mean, it seems like it&amp;#x27;s the same trolley that have run over a lot of people for the previous 19 levels, why wouldn&amp;#x27;t I want to decommission such bloodthirsty trolley?</text></item><item><author>paxys</author><text>Level 20 was weird. It was a choice between letting a trolley run as normal (&amp;quot;emits CO2, kills 3 people in accidents over 30 years&amp;quot;) or running it into a brick wall and decommissioning it. For some reason more people picked the latter. So, they just dislike public transit? What about the emissions and death rate when everyone switches to cars instead?&lt;p&gt;Goes to show how easily the context and exact wording of a question can sway people&amp;#x27;s opinions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>IIAOPSW</author><text>You know, that&amp;#x27;s a very good question...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>