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Existential trolley problem (mander.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because he's finally rolling the boulder down a hill.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it says "towards" so not necessarily downhill

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

Not necessarily downhill, but the possibility of downhill is implied. Both of these locations would need to be infinitely high in order for the direction to be uphill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

AFAIK "infinitely up" is more plausible than "infinitely down", as in most systems you would eventually hit a center-of-mass when going down.

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

He could be coming in from underground though