The trolley problem is an ethical thought experiment.
Suppose an out-of-control tram is running on the rails, and on the track in front of the train there are five people tied to the railway by a madman. They are unable to move at all and can only watch as the train runs over these five innocent people and grinds them into meat paste.
At this moment, you are on the train platform. In front of you is a joystick that can change the train and switch it to the spare track.
If there was no one on the backup track, would you pull the lever
The answer is yes, because you can save five lives.
But if there was an innocent person tied to the backup track, would you pull the lever without hesitation
If you pull this lever, you may not become a premeditated murderer, but you will definitely be condemned by your heart.
If you don't pull the lever, five innocent people will die.
This is a dilemma, but it is also a dilemma that humans must face in society—choices and trade-offs.
Choices and trade-offs are also something that every intelligent creature must face. As long as they are still alive, they will have to face them at all times in their lives.
In life, people may lose their original intentions in the face of material temptations, but this is also a choice.
The founders of the Investigation Bureau made this choice for the continuation of human civilization.
Give up a small part to keep the majority, and the startup founder is the one on the platform pulling the joystick.
"It sounds cruel, doesn't it? But isn't this just a gamble on a possibility?" Fabia murmured softly to herself.
"No, I may understand it, but if I really have to face such a cruel choice, I might do nothing." Jobtran said after understanding the position of the Investigation Bureau.
"Maybe this is a little too profound for you, but fatalism is unreliable." Fabia said to Jobtran seriously.
“You may think that those civilians I gave up were destined to encounter disasters in their lives, whether they were rich or poor, that was their fate. But I want to tell you that the reason humans can survive in this world is not because of fate, but because of themselves.
Since ancient times, there have been thinkers, philosophers, and even prophets who have been constantly trying to find the mysteries of life, including the meaning of life and the meaning of happiness.
Some people attribute everything that happens in life to some kind of force that is difficult for humans to understand, which makes everything happen logically and naturally.
They would think that this is the arrangement of 'God', 'fate' or 'cause and effect', but it is not.
Since ancient times, humans have only relied on themselves and hope. "
Fabia said seriously.
At this moment, Jobtran could feel how heavy the burden was as a member of the Investigation Bureau.
Because Jobtran understood that there is no absolute in the world and most things are relative.
Behind hope is the dark and bloody despair.
The existence of the Investigation Bureau is to serve as a guardian to protect the candle of hope in the world.
"I don't quite understand it. Maybe this question should be taught to philosophers or theologians to think about."
Joe Butran shook his head helplessly.
"Maybe I've gone too far. I'm old now, and I really like to nag."
Fabia, who looked like a young girl, sighed bitterly.
“Well, let’s get back to the point.
The next possible meeting of the Yellow Group may be at the Munihei Festival, which I think is very likely.
Based on what we have said before, I am a little confused about what to do now.”
Jobtran said with a sad face,
“Originally, I was planning to request manpower support and then take them down in one fell swoop.
But after listening to your speech, I became a little hesitant.
Many of these people are pillars of society, and I cannot afford to bear the consequences of rashly shaking the foundations of society."
"Hey, look at this. Tell me what you think."
Fabia jumped up lightly, took a file from the top and threw it to Joe Butran.
"File Number: M-096735
A clipping of the Times of England
Title: "Atlantis and the Lost Civilization of Lemuria Reappear?"
According to feedback from residents of the small town of Innsmouth, after an annular solar eclipse, the tides and the moon underwent strange changes, and the coastal areas were the worst affected.
There seemed to be an unsettling smell in the air and the soil, which was the stench emanating from rotting fish and corpses of unidentifiable creatures.
Even the originally clear sea water was filled with foul-smelling foam and turbid unknown gelatinous substances.
According to a local fisherman named George (pseudonym), the stench is like the breath from the abyss of hell, which can make people feel disgusted and irritated, and even make people think of death and decay.
Before the mutation occurred, a huge sperm whale was stranded on the shore, its body covered with suction cup scars over 50 centimeters long. It was speculated that these were scars left by a giant squid that was 100 meters long.
The fishermen thought this was a bad sign and stopped fishing, but a few atheist fishermen insisted on going out to sea.
On the day of the annular solar eclipse, fishermen on a fishing boat reported discovering an island they had never seen before near the coast.
The island seemed to be full of giant pillars reaching into the sky, and light green mucus attached to the pillars. It was like a lost city - the ancient civilization Atlantis that sank into the sea.
Miasma and unknown smoke were rising from the island, and the rocks on the island looked even more distorted and unpredictable.
The concept of concave and convex does not seem to exist on the stone pillar.
Feeling uneasy and threatened, the fishermen did not dare to explore the island rashly and left the waters where the island was located.
On the second day, a large number of dead bodies of fish and marine creatures appeared on the coast, and these bodies had already rotted and smelled bad.
Exposure to sunlight made the problem of the corpse even more unpleasant.
The superstitious fishermen said that this was a punishment from the sea god, while the atheist fishermen insisted on their own views and continued to go out to sea to fish, but in the same sea area, the island disappeared.
After the island disappeared, the coast returned to normal, and the corpses of the sperm whale and other marine creatures were swept back into the sea by the waves the next day, leaving only the indescribable stench lingering in the air and soil.
This mysterious event may only be left to explorers and archaeologists to explore the truth behind it.
The vast ocean has always been a place with many unknowns for human beings. Perhaps the deep sea trenches hide treasures from shipwrecks or terrifying sea monsters.
Is this mysterious island the legendary Atlantis or the lost civilization of ancient Lemuria
Perhaps there is a world deep in the ocean that is incomprehensible or even completely different from ours. Let our descendants explore these mysteries of the ocean.
Author: Martin Clarke