The Trolley Problem Study

By now the majority should be aware of what the Trolley problem is and why is it important to us, but surprisingly, we have yet to conduct the experiment on subjects due to its horrifying nature, until now.

Vsauce just uploaded a new episode of his Mind Field series and it was exceptionally interesting how he setup the environment

What do you think of the end results and which choice would you make theoretically?

Originally Posted by Mayion

Just saw that was youtube red, won't that cost money to watch that series?

Originally Posted by Boombox's Sheep

Just saw that was youtube red, won't that cost money to watch that series?

They make the first episode free to attract people.

we talked about this in the class 'College' either way if you really did pull it you would have killed someone -> jail time

The results really surprised me. It really is individual based. In my head if I never saw this study done I would think most people would go for the "greater good", but I guess not.

To be honest I think I'd do exactly what the last guy did, look around for help and if I couldn't find any then say fuck it and make the choice. I don't think I could bare living life knowing I let five people die instead of one because I didn't want to take responsibility or froze up.

That was really intense to watch, especially watching the last person.

The Trolley Problem Study

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