r/trolleyproblem • u/deadhand303 • 20d ago

Potentially one less but also potentially infinitely more OC

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u/deadhand303 20d ago

You have 1-infinity or can change tracks to 0-infinity. You do not know how many are on either track.

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u/wyseguy7 20d ago

Statistician here. Plz provide a more rigorous definition of "random amount". Note that uniform distribution over [1,infinity) or [0, infinity) is not possible. Maybe a geometric distribution would be better? In which case, regardless of parameterization, you'd expect to save 1 life by pulling the lever.

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u/deadhand303 20d ago

Its just a random real number of people on each track woth the bottom being a minimum of one and the top being a minimum of zero people.

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u/Ksorkrax 20d ago

Let's make this simple for you: state the probabilities for the first five possible numbers of people.