This image implies that a decision tree could be made that is large enough to replicate the physical transistors, simplified as switches, as an abstraction of a reasonable processor, to determine how many people would die if you played DOOM.
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Infinite people will die, the only difference is the ratio of how many people will suffer from the trauma of making that decision versus the people that died on the track…
But at any given time, more people will be dead on the right hand track versus the left.
What we're seeing here is a quantum superposition of every outcome, so the people making the choice have to live with the horror of every choice they could make, perhaps unaware of the illusory nature of that choice. Also it seems the people strapped to the track are being constantly regenerated so they can relive the pain and terror endlessly. It's the ultimate exercise in futility.
I've always considered this an unsolvable problem but your image just inspired me.
If I leave one of the final levers in an intermediate position, is there any chance the trolley derails and not only gets the people on both tracks but also most of the ppl inside it & makes the next trolleys collide? I'm going for a max score here.

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