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wredcollyesterday at 6:09 PM1 replyview on HN

The "trolley problem" is literally never a valid argument for anything because it purports to create an analogy for a real world problem but does so by creating a scenario that cannot exist, hence any argument based on it is nonapplicable to "real" problems.


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irishcoffeeyesterday at 6:23 PM

You think that kind of scenario cannot exist? That is your reasoning for dismissing it? You’ll hafta do better than that.

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