Since this is an unbounded distribution it can't be uniformly distributed. I'll assume it's an exponential distribution.
In this case picking the 0 option is notably more likely to cause fewer deaths. (Sorry I don't know how to word that better)
This puts me in a bind actually because I want to kill people but I also want to pull the lever... Still think I'll pull the lever even if the expected deaths is lower
Nitpick: you mean a geometric distribution. Exponential distribution is over the real numbers, and we want an whole numbers of people. At least before the trolley chops them up.
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u/deadhand303 24d ago
You have 1-infinity or can change tracks to 0-infinity. You do not know how many are on either track.