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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day 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 3 points 1 day 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.

what if the trolleys got a cow catcher

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Tankies hate this one weird trick.