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60% of people would run over a homeless guy instead of a pair of animals

4 points by CodeCrusader ↗ HN
I created a bunch of dilemmas on trolleyproblem.io, several thousand people have tried them over the past few months, and I was quite surprised by some of the results, it turned out that 60% of people would kill a homeless guy instead of a dog with a cat. What would you choose?

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auditor_3d
whether anyone likes it or not, I would bet the reasoning they would choose the person, is that the homeless guy has the ability to understand that he shouldn't be on a railroad track in the first place, where the animals don't understand the mistake being made. The homeless guy should "know better"
navjack27
That's so screwed up. Fuck the homeless guy cuz he should know better? Awww but the puppies and kitties need saving.

60% of people are ghouls

gus_massa
Perhaps the problem is in the drawings. A faint homeless drawing may change the numbers. (I'm not sure in which direction.)
navjack27
Simple. Save the human. Run over animals.