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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The top one, because time is still a factor.

Sure, infinite people will die either way, but that is only after infinite time.

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but in the bottom one, the people are packed infinitely dense, which will probably cause the train to derail, saving infinitely more people.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

what if the trolleys got a cow catcher

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Tankies hate this one weird trick.