Of course the right thing to do is to pull the lever. And the right time to do that is once the trolley’s front wheels have passed the switch but the rear wheels haven’t yet. The trolley gets derailed, saving all 6 lives.
Either that, or instead this happens. I guess by this point we’re in Schrödinger’s Cat territory:
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Of course the right thing to do is to pull the lever. And the right time to do that is once the trolley’s front wheels have passed the switch but the rear wheels haven’t yet. The trolley gets derailed, saving all 6 lives.
Either that, or instead this happens. I guess by this point we’re in Schrödinger’s Cat territory: