Warning: Time paradoxes ahead! Proceed with caution.
In the grand tradition of thought experiments, The Trolley Problem is a classic conundrum for time travelers. Imagine, you, a temporal explorer, are presented with a scenario:
You are at the wheel of a trolley (that's an old-fashioned word for a streetcar, for our non-UK readers) that's careening wildly out of control, headed straight for five innocent villagers. You can divert it to save them, but in doing so, you'll condemn one other traveler to certain doom... or do you simply let it crash and kill all five, but save the one traveler?
Or, if you're feeling fancy, you could try Grandma's Spoon Sorter, a more... complicated variant.
We have time paradox taxonomies to help you navigate these sticky situations, as well as trolley-specific advice.
But don't just take our word for it! Read the Trolley Problem Historicals for a deeper dive into the science and philosophy behind this mind-bending puzzle.
Or, if all else fails, simply close your eyes and randomly switchover – after all, it's not your problem, right?
(Disclaimer: Time travel not actually advised. Or, you know, it's not. Or is it?)
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