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This is my favorite variation of the trolley problem, which is absolutely tested in real life all the time: https://ruinmyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/li
by carols10cents 6y ago
This is my favorite variation of the trolley problem, which is absolutely tested in real life all the time: https://ruinmyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/live-laugh-pull-the-lever-22-trolley-problem-memes-8.png https://ruinmyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/live-laugh...
I especially love this variation because I always take the time to put stray carts back in the cart return and get them all in a neat line. And I warm myself with my moral superiority over all you jagoffs.
- mgkimsal 6y ago"even though you gain nothing". Gaining a sense of moral superiority is a gain. Quelling some sense of unease around chaos (stray carts) is a gain for some people.
- carols10cents 6y agoAhh, I see you've read this philosophy classic: https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Piggie-Reading-Nothing-Button/dp/1484726464 https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Piggie-Reading-Nothing-Butto...
- Mountain_Skies 6y agoIt's interesting how much the stray cart problem varies from place to place. Where I live now it's not an issue at all. Everyone returns their carts so there are no stray carts for anyone to round up. Other places I've lived, it was probably less than half the carts that got placed into the cart return. Judging by the way carts ended up clustered, once a few people didn't return their carts, others saw it as permission to not return their carts either, though they often pushed them to be next to other unreturned carts.
- carols10cents 6y agoAnd then there are places that have a coin deposit you can get back if you return your cart properly, which provides an interesting comparison of intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation.