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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

That trolleys going to derail eventually. So the one with more people since they are tightly packed and it can't build momentum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Eventually" on the densely packed track - even if almost instant - means uncountably many deaths. On the upper track, any eventual stop will result in only finitely many deaths.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Huh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Any non-empty interval on the real number line holds uncountably infinitely many points.

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